Just because an event appears to be simple does not mean it is easy to plan or execute. Dictionary.com defines simple as “not complicated, not complex, or easy to understand.” It defines easy as “not hard, requiring no great labor or effort, not difficult to overcome.” A simple event with very few components might lookContinue reading “Simple Isn’t Always Easy”
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The Measurement Maze
Most event planners in the US plan events in the US. Some also plan international events, but they’re not the majority. However, for those that do, it’s got to be tough to have to plan both in the Imperial and Metric systems. Think about it. How many aspects of event planning are different when youContinue reading “The Measurement Maze”
Dressing in the Dark
In my blog “Why Not Weddings” I explain why I don’t plan weddings as an event planner. That doesn’t mean I don’t work in venues where weddings are held. In fact, I plan many events in venues where couples are pledging their undying love to each other on a regular basis. I am often preoccupiedContinue reading “Dressing in the Dark”
I Have a Contract!
I’m sure all of you who plan events at a conference or convention center have worked with a delightful, cooperative, helpful, and knowledgeable Convention Services Manager (CSM) who follows your contract to the letter and never throws you a curveball right? You’ve never required multiple phone calls about your meeting space being reallocated to anotherContinue reading “I Have a Contract!”
An Arena-Sized Event
Earlier I wrote about the challenges faced when planning an event at a remote outdoor location (see my blog “Outstanding In A Field“). We had to provide our own… everything; water, toilets, food, shade, equipment, stage, electricity, transportation, you name it. I expected to have to do this when attempting to hold an event inContinue reading “An Arena-Sized Event”