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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

While planners want to meet the wishes of their clients, it is important not to book dates blindly. Agreeing to a date and booking a venue without further research could cause complications that harm event success, accommodation availability, and the attendee experience. Are there other events, conferences, or retreats taking place?

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Creating Restaurant Event Spaces that Sell

Social Tables

As the demand for private events grows and booking windows get shorter, more customers are looking for restaurant event spaces that meet their needs. However, every restaurant has the potential to benefit from events, whether large or small, fine dining or casual service. Establish booking policies for restaurant event spaces.

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The 10-Step Guide to Nonprofit Event Planning

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Meet with representatives from the benefiting nonprofit to get a better understanding of their mission, values, and purpose. Operations managers negotiate prices, book vendors, place supply orders, and communicate vendor details between the planning team, venue, and benefiting organization.

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The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist: 7 Phases to Create a Winning Event

Eventtia

What should you do when the venue you’ve booked becomes unavailable? Highlight the mutual benefits, ensuring it’s a win-win for both parties. If relevant, highlight any exclusive benefits for attendees, such as early-bird offers or exclusive product access. We hope you find this event checklist useful and easy-to-use.

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How AV Unions Work – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

He will cover the basics of contracts, how the staff is AV union staff is hired, shadow labor and more. Unions have contracts with the venue. Number one is that unions, if you didn’t know, always have their contracts with the venue. Here’s our contract.” Video Transcription – How AV Unions Work .

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Restaurant Party Packages & How to Build Them

Social Tables

Party packages are a great way for the Johnsons to book Grandma June’s birthday party at their favorite local Italian restaurant, but they’re also a huge help for larger, more complex, or professional events. We’re diving deep into the business potential behind private bookings and examining what people really want from an event package.

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How To Be in 10 Places at Once and Manage My Conference Effectively

Blue Spark Event Design

Consider all the ‘moving parts’ that must be managed, like banquet orders, audio/visual set up and rehearsals, event staffing, vendor load in/strike, transportation, etc. And while budgets don’t always allow for dedicated oversight of every single area, there are some key areas we believe really benefit from dedicated management staff.