Not necessarily. Not the good ones anyway. They may be anonymous, but silent? Yeah, no. There’s commotion during the organizing phase, marketing phase, execution phase, close-out phase, and follow-up phase. Silent auctions are fundraising events. You don’t want to go quietly into that good night, you want to pack the house with excited people andContinue reading “Is a Silent Auction Silent?”
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Which Way Do I Go?
When performing an event site visit recently, our team went to great lengths to walk the space as if we were the attendee seeing it for the first time. We were watching to see where we might need a directional sign. Are the hallway intersections intuitive? When walking from one end of the convention centerContinue reading “Which Way Do I Go?”
Beware of the Copyright
I occasionally volunteer as a producer for weekend services at my church. Its a pretty large church with an auditorium that seats over 1700 to give you some perspective. The location where I serve is the broadcast campus. The services are live here and they are streamed in real-time to several other locations plus online.Continue reading “Beware of the Copyright”
Is Hybrid The Only Option?
Who wrote the post-COVID rule that said if your event wasn’t fully in-person or fully online, it had to be hybrid? Are these the only options? Of course not. It’s the common, everybody’s-doing-it option. My mother would say, “If everybody decided to jump off a bridge, would you do it too?” No way. I’m tooContinue reading “Is Hybrid The Only Option?”
Highlight the Highlights
Everyone has gathered for the final general session. They are waiting to hear where next year’s event will be, what the theme is, or who the keynote speaker will be. The room is buzzing with excitement as attendees are sharing with each other the experiences they have had from the past few days while theyContinue reading “Highlight the Highlights”