Occasionally during the event planning process, I can come across a decision or a challenge that stumps me, even if for a little while. I can stare at it and stare at it but it looks the same every time. I can walk away and come back the next day and it still looks theContinue reading “Change Your Perspective”
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Air Traffic Control
Being the Chief Operations Officer, working in logistics, and leading a team through event planning can feel a bit like being an air traffic controller. Part of my job is to make sure that the different departments are all moving in the right direction, at the right speed, and are in sync with one another.Continue reading “Air Traffic Control”
No Crystal Ball? No problem.
If we have learned anything in the last couple of years, we have learned that nothing is predictable. However, the inability to speak with precision and certainty about the future is no excuse for silence and inaction. It is more important to be creative and forge ahead than to be 100% right. Without this ability,Continue reading “No Crystal Ball? No problem.”
It’s a Balancing Act
How do people do it? Work in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry and still find time to be with their families? Our organization plans a 3-day conference with a tradeshow for 2000+ people just 2-1/2 weeks after Christmas. Can we talk about some of the busiest hours of the event planning timeline and one ofContinue reading “It’s a Balancing Act”
It’s Electrifying!
Do you plan events that include tradeshows? If so, you have likely encountered the fun that goes along with securing services for booths like electricity, internet, rigging, materials handling, or carpet which all include things that are not always clearly spelled out like voltage, amps, connectors, floor plans, padding, labor, and such. Because this tendsContinue reading “It’s Electrifying!”