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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Create a long-term event planning timeline to ensure that each part of the planning process gets the focus it deserves. Ignore competing events Clients often approach planners with specifics in mind for an event, such as the date, location, or event design.

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Stay on time!

Conferences that Work

The session required extensive set up, so my crew and I worked solidly for three hours to get the room ready and rehearse our workshop tasks. From my perspective as a presenter and facilitator, I’m not sure there’s much I can do when others cause truncation of my contracted sessions or fill them with hungry, tired attendees.

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Restaurant Party Packages & How to Build Them

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It may surprise you to learn that restaurants can offer party packages for a wide range of private occasions, such as: Anniversaries Holiday parties Birthday parties Business meetings Corporate events Fundraisers Rehearsals Cocktail parties Showers (e.g., Variety Restaurant party packages offer planners variety.

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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. The post How To Be in 10 Places at Once and Manage My Conference Effectively first appeared on Blue Spark Event Design.