In the words of Linda Richmond, “Dial 555-4444, cawll me and we’ll tawlk.” Coffee Talk was a fake talk show done by Mike Myers on Saturday Night Live.TM Every time I make a date to have coffee with someone, Linda’s raspy New York accent rings in my head, it makes me giggle every time. It’sContinue reading “Coffee Talk”
Category Archives: eventplanning
A Multitasker’s Dream
Multitasking is something that few people do well. However, for those of us who are proficient at combining the right types of activities together to simultaneously provide mental space to one and rote movements to the other, we can get a lot done in a short period of time. This particular type of event isContinue reading “A Multitasker’s Dream”
License and Registration Please
In my blog Beware of the Copyright, I talked about my experience as a volunteer producer having our live-stream feed shut down by a social media platform within seconds of airing a 2-minute video clip to introduce our guest speaker. It blew my mind how quickly this happened and how disruptive it was for allContinue reading “License and Registration Please”
Take a Seat
How many planners have ever had to create a seating chart for an event? The wedding planners in the room are probably going to be the fist to raise their hands, however, weddings aren’t the only events where you might do this. I’ve worked with corporate dinner functions where the client has asked for assignedContinue reading “Take a Seat”
A Dog and Pony Show
I’m sure at some point, if you’ve been around long enough, you’ve heard the phrase, “A dog and pony show.” Working in hospitality this phrase has always made me laugh. I wrote a blog once about dog shows called Ain’t Nothing But a Hound Dog, and I wrote one about horse shows (since I liveContinue reading “A Dog and Pony Show”