This is not a high-society club, it’s not like a country club, it’s not even like a chess club. Growing up, my family camped in a pop-up camper all the time. When I say all the time, I truly mean all the time. Every weekend and most weeks in the summer. Several weekends and evenContinue reading “The Camper Club”
Tag Archives: events
Oktoberfest
My husband and I both have German heritage. We have both been to Germany, my husband and his family many times growing up as a United Airlines family. I can speak German, or at least I can still understand it if it’s spoken slowly enough or written down. Every once in a blue moon, IContinue reading “Oktoberfest”
Calling All Sessions!
Different professions tend to call their event sessions by different titles even though they’re all talking about the same thing. A client and I were having a conversation recently with another planner and she continued to use an alternative word for “main session” that I was familiar with but others in the meeting were not.Continue reading “Calling All Sessions!”
Shake, Rattle, and Roll
I mentioned in a previous blog that I overlooked creating a contingency plan for a specific situation during an event because given my geographical location, the situation as described simply wouldn’t be an issue. In my blog All About Perspective I talked about not even considering sending a certified trail guide and paramedic with aContinue reading “Shake, Rattle, and Roll”
Epic Fail
I have a friend (we’ll call him “Mr. Great”) who jokes about living with an event planner. He considers it a blessing and a curse. As planners we usually end up with a basement of event supplies; votive candle holders, folding tables and chairs, a variety of linens, dishware, flatware, fake flowers, clipboards, and checklists.Continue reading “Epic Fail”