Tag Archives: eventplanners

From Livestock to Lemonade

Every summer in our area we have a county fair. It’s an eclectic combination of activities and food at a very unusual venue. The thought of planning this five day event makes me sweat. Not because of the amount of work, the number of contracts involved, the liability, or the sheer number of people inContinue reading “From Livestock to Lemonade”

Point Of No Return

Seasoned event planners can identify this pivotal moment in time. We can because we’ve bumped into it enough to know how painful and unnecessary it is when we’ve done our due diligence to ask the questions and schedule the conversations, implement timelines, processes, and procedures, and check, double-check, and triple-check the checklists we’ve developed overContinue reading “Point Of No Return”

Beer, Brides & Baumstamm?

While traveling in Munich, my husband and I did a bit of sightseeing. As with most trips, we walk quite a bit and visit bustling downtowns, old castles, and ornate churches. While traversing through the square, we saw what appeared to be a Junggesellenabscheid (bachelorette party). Here, groups of ladies dress up in weird outfitsContinue reading “Beer, Brides & Baumstamm?”

Community Over Competition

I love participating in or watching groups of people sharing ideas, tips, tricks, and lessons they’ve learned with each other. I have gleaned some incredibly creative ideas and received warnings of pitfalls to avoid over the years. Sometimes I didn’t even know I had an issue until someone else asked a question, then I realizedContinue reading “Community Over Competition”