Valley’s exclusive event venue destination
Valley’s exclusive event venue destination. Before you start looking at locations, stop and look at the audience experience. Unfortunately, predictable locations are big contributors to the overall “sameness” of events and can lead to declining attendance and results. Let’s face it, once attendees arrive at a venue, most meeting rooms and ballrooms are basically alike. What […]
11 Easy Strategies to Meet Event Deadlines
Event lead times are getting shorter. How do you cope with them and where can event planners cut corners when time is running out? Event planners make a name for themselves on their ability to exceed client expectations. Sometimes taking on an event with a short lead time is a good way to impress a […]
Merchandise Branding Bring Cohesion
Merchandise and Branding to Bring Cohesion to Your Event…Why hold events? Regardless of your event type, the main purpose of holding an event is to bring awareness to your brand. Events are held to present that brand in a positive light, to make stakeholders become more emotionally invested, and to give consumers a stronger understanding of the […]
DMC Alliances Changes and happenings
DMC Alliances Changes and happenings. What in the World Are the DMC Alliances Up To? In the world of destination management, global coverage has become the name of game. Three of the major players—Hosts Global Alliance, Pacific World, and AlliedPRA—have made announcements in recent months marking their continued growth. In late May, Hosts Global Alliance DMC opened […]
Your Venue Speaking
Your Venue Speaking ? Meeting planners know the feeling of standing alone in an empty, vast ballroom or Venue in the early morning hours before the sun rises or at night long after the last participant duly exits. There is something captivating that envelopes you—that sound of silence when looking out into space. Think about […]
How do I find sponsors
How do I find sponsors How do I find sponsors? Venues of North Scottsdale suggests The idea for this article came after I saw a number of Quorans* asking similar questions on the social media Q&A platform. Whether the questions is “How do I find sponsors for my hackathon?” or “How much should I charge sponsors for […]
Differentiate yourself from the competition
Differentiate yourself from the competition. Recently, I had my very first experience with a ride-sharing app. All I had to do was download the app to my phone and register for services. Within minutes, the driver, who was personable and timely, arrived at my location and took me to my destination. Now, when I say ride-sharing […]
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, […]
How to Entertain the Millennials
How to Entertain the Millennials No other generation has had a bigger impact on our culture since the Baby Boomers than the technology savvy Millennials. So, for the group of consumers who tweet, like, and post their way through a digital world, what truly captivates them? Well, fear not. In the world of entertainment there […]
Big Event Companies Share Trends in Latest Special Events “50 Top Event Companies”
Big Event Companies Share Trends in Latest Special Events “50 Top Event Companies” First of all new technologies–such as virtual and augmented reality—and the continued role of social media are two of the major trends shaping special events this year. These insights appear in the 15th annual “50 Top Event Companies” article, featured in the […]
