5 Steps to Find Your Perfect Corporate Venue

5 Steps to Find Your Perfect Corporate Venue

5 Steps to Find Your Perfect Corporate Venue Selecting the right location   If you’re searching for a venue to hold a corporate event, all you need to do is follow the simple steps in this Guide and consider the stated questions. Finding a corporate venue can be easy once you know what you want and need, without having to shop around too much. Begin with your Budget Before even going on a venue visit, you must establish your budget. Venues generally charge an upfront fee for hire, which you can work on roughly £10 per person (unless this is

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Taxi Marshals: Unsung Heroes

For large events, especially at late night, a taxi marshal is a valuable asset to an event team. A few years ago after attending a star studded film premiere I was stranded with not a single cab in sight. It was bucketing down with rain, the venue was on a red route and Uber hadn’t been invented.  The end result was that the excitement of the night was washed away. All I remember is getting soaked. A taxi marshal can’t stop the rain but it will put a plan in place…. Benefits Able to cope with large groups Shows guests

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What Makes a Good Host?

America’s Got Talent Winner personifies… Talents show like Britain’s Got Talent make interesting viewing and often show acts that are on the rise and ones who have been on the entertainment circuit for a while.  Some are brilliant, but a lot aren’t. In the brilliant category, right up at the top, comes Paul Zerdin.  It is certainly no surprise he won this year’s America’s Got Talent, securing his own Las Vegas show and a very large cheque. Spot Rising Talent It was over 10 years when we first came across Paul, working with him on a large fundraiser for the

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Guide to Presenting at a Conference

Guide to Presenting at a Conference

Guide to Presenting at a Conference Category: Guides| Conferences | Are your speakers well versed in presenting? Regardless of their expertise, it may help to go through this checklist for making a conference presentation, if only for reassurance. Presenting Tips for Conference Organisers Conference audience Getting conference delegates attention and presenting in a reasoned way will help the audience focus and retain what is said. Brief speakers on who is attending and what delegates need to hear/learn. what they are expecting and how much they may know already.  There are presentation companies who can assist with this, but if it is down to you

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Award Ceremony Organisers Checklist

Award Ceremony Organisers Checklist

Checklist  Award Ceremony Organisers At the frontline as award ceremony organisers you take more of an interest in how they are orchestrated then you did at school prize giving or watching the Oscars. The relevance of this checklist will depend on the scale, style and format of an awards ceremony and what is appropriate to include and work up. More on Award Ceremony Organisers

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Increase Attendance at Corporate Events

Increase Attendance at Corporate Events

How to Increase Attendance at Corporate Events 20+ ways to get people to an event   A half empty room is a fear of all corporate event organisers. These tips, including celebrity endorsements and reducing no shows, will alleviate the worry.  Most of them can be applied to planning a meeting, as well as organising a social event. They provide a guide to put a strategy together. Prompting on aspects you might not have previously thought of, or have overlooked.     Corporate Event Organising for Business Events

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Top 20 destinations with Conference Organisers

Top 20 destinations with  Conference Organisers

Top 20 destinations with  Conference Organisers Ever wondered where in the world is the most popular meeting destination with conference organisers? A recent report shows there is very little change year on year. Europe leads the way, with 15 European cities listed in the top 20 destinations. However when you look at the data country by country it is the USA that tops the rankings. Yet the most popular US meeting destinations such as Orlando, Washington, Las Vegas, Miami, Chicago and Phoenix do not make it to the top 20. Outside of Europe it is the Asian conference centres of

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Conference Organisers Guide on Streaming a Conference

Conference Organisers Guide on Streaming a Conference

Internet access allows conference organisers to open the doors of an event to share with a worldwide data captured audience. With so much invested into an event, it makes sense to capitalise on your investment through streaming; making it available beyond the day itself. Streaming can be easily integrated with other event AV, it is quick to set up, requires little technical assistance and there is minimal intrusion. Performance and overall reliability are vital and make sure it is compatible for viewing both on desktops and mobile devices. Once in place the rewards are easy to grasp. Further information on a conference

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Guide to Conference Jargon

Guide to Conference Jargon

Guide to Conference Jargon What does DDR mean?  Most of the terminology used by conference organisers is common sense, once it has been explained.  In some instances there are duplicate terms for the same thing.  Take the price per delegate for a day meeting which includes room hire, refreshments and lunch.  It can be referred to as a daily delegate rate (shortened to DDR), a day rate, an 8 hour rate or a non residential rate.  There are in fact all the same. Conference Organiser’s Terminology Here is an A-Z index for meeting planners to give a quick point of reference, to ensure you are speaking the

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