10 (Harsh) Truths Nobody Tells You About Being an Event Planner
10 (Harsh) Truths Nobody Tells You About Being an Event Planner . On the flipside however some of these common characteristics we share and our demanding career path can actually be a nightmare for those around us, at home, work and play. In this post we explore the downsides of our work as an #Eventprof. […]
5 No-Cost Ways to Energize Your General Sessions
5 No-Cost Ways to Energize Your General Sessions.Looking to maximize your impact at your conference’s general sessions? Here are five simple, no-cost ways to amp up the energy, professionalism, and theatricality. 1. Introductions: Leave the name for last When introducing the next presenter—either by the disembodied announcer (a.k.a. the Voice of God or VOG) or […]
10 Things Productive #EventProfs Do Every Day
10 Things Productive #EventProfs Do Every Day. Productivity and event planning go hand in hand. Successful event planners are very productive. Here are 10 habits of productive event planners you can steal to kick off your week. I haven’t met a single event professional who is not very organised and effective at getting things done. […]
20 Things Venues Say and What They Really Mean
20 Things Venues Say and What They Really Mean. Working with a variety of different venues can be an exciting part of your event planning career but what do venues really mean when they say some of these things? We know that event planners can drive venues crazy and venues can drive eventprofs equally up […]
Why You Need to Break Your Event Assumptions
Why You Need to Break Your Event Assumptions. As a professional speaker, I have the opportunity to attend a lot of events and conferences. While they all differ in scale, audience, locations, and cultures, they almost all share certain elements. For example, the flow is the same at most events. Attendees arrive at a certain […]
5 Ways to Inspire, Motivate, and Activate Attendees
5 Ways to Inspire, Motivate, and Activate Attendees Are you using your corporate events to lay out the company’s plans for the year ahead? While broadcasting information to customers and teams was once a prime objective for in-person meetings, it now makes no sense to waste your meeting doing something that is more quickly, easily, […]
10 Things From The Past We’ve Almost Entirely Forgotten About Table Manners
10 Things From The Past We’ve Almost Entirely Forgotten About Table Manners In today’s day and age, folks treat the dinner table pretty casually. Sometimes meals aren’t even eaten at the table, instead being devoured on the couch or even eaten on the run in order to get from one meeting to the next. But sitting […]
9 Tech Tips for Your Event Production Checklist
9 Tech Tips for Your Event Production Checklist Nov 9, 2016 by Gene Lundgren in Special Events Blog RSS Event tech expert Gene Lundgren of Aquarian Production and Entertainment Services shares an event production checklist There’s a lot to remember when producing an event. My team has decades of experience to pull from as well as […]
