Kdoll asked:


Im aplying to FIDM and majoring in visual comm cause thats the only way I know of getting my foot into the celebrity event planning door! ANY other suggestions please give them??..I have a serious pasion for this!

Hazel

Ena Taylor asked:


Are you going to host any party or event in New York? You may be familiar with the New York’s life. New York is most tantalizing city famous for its parties and nightlife. Every year thousands of businessmen, corporate executive and tourists visit here. New York is a city that never sleeps. If you are planning to host a party or event in New York then you need lots of planning and management. New York offers lots of luxurious as well as economic hotels and restaurants to host an event. NYC is considered as the most stylish and vibrant city for hosting social events, corporate events, wedding parties, fashion show, product launches, etc. Every year, lots of events held in New York therefore, an individual can easily find lots of event planners in NYC.



Stress relief: A professional and experienced event planner make you feel relax and stress free. They can arrange entire arrangements on the time and suitable as per to event. They can also oversee every arrangement during the party or event.

Scheduling expertise: An ideal event planner know that how much time the florist, decorator, pastry chef, and caterer likely to need to get your event ready for your event considering exactly what you require in each and every area. They can arrange perfect venue for your special event. They know that how other factors impact on your event schedule.

Contract expertise: They are familiar with your event contracts. A professional event planner knows what is standard and what is not. It can save your lots of money.

Resource Knowledge: A good event planner has well knowledge of goods and its prices. They know the perfect price and quality of goods and services. Like, they know from to purchase everything from wedding cake to marquee. It save lots of your precious time.



If you hire a professional and experienced event planner it means that you give a straight way to your tension, problems and frustrations. Always remember that you should always sigh up with an event planning company who understands your requirements and make all the arrangements according to your budget.

NYC venue guide is the perfect way to get to know about several New York event planning companies. So, when you are going to host any event or party? Don’t forget to consult with NYC venue guide in order to get a professional event planner to make your event memorable and to reduce your stress.



Floyd

eventmixology asked:


Hi I’m a single mother of two school-age children. Right now money is a little tight with tuition, after-school, bills and expenses. I’ve been event planning for years and I finally want to branch out on my own, I have website and this week I am planning to send out press releases for free advertising. Does anyone else have any ideas about how to market my event planning company, inexpensively?

Pauline

God is Awesome! asked:


I was thinking about attending the seminar of a famous wedding planner who’s been on TV for a while. No need to mention her name, you might know or have heard about her. She’s in New Jersey. I want to go because I want to get in the business, but things are a bit tough, but would make the sacrifice. The course fee is $990. Isn’t that a little too much or does it no matter since she’s famous and all? How much would you pay for an event planning course?

June

cynthia l asked:


I’m in the process of starting a home based event planning business. I’ve read the books, however I would greatly appreciate someone who is in the biz helping me learn the ins and outs by hiring me as a part time apprentice/helper. I’m a honest, mature individual just trying to get in.
I’m in the metro Detroit area

Bernard

SChi25 asked:


Within the next few years, after my own wedding is over and we’ve moved into our new place, I’m determined to start my own event planning business after being an office event coordinator for a couple years now. I was wondering how you event/wedding planners starting your own business. I plan on stocking up on plenty of event planning business books (event planning for dummies, anyone?), but does anyone else have any advice for me? Where to begin? What’s most important? I’d love to hear it! Thanks in advance.

Bruce

IC asked:


Planning an event is something that could be done on your own, or by using in-house staff. But event planning often comes with many unexpected surprises and obligations that start to consume much more time and resources than originally anticipated. Before attempting to plan an event in-house, seriously consider the many benefits of hiring a Florida event planner.

The Benefits Of Outsourcing Florida Events vs. Planning An Event On Your Own

The basics of event planning seem simple enough, and businesses figure that if they can manage running a company, surely they can manage a destination event. And while most companies do in fact employ very talented and skilled organizers, many underestimate the time, knowledge, and resources involved in planning a destination event.

In both the case of the company that handles Florida event planning in-house, and the company that chooses to outsource Florida event planning, the benefits of hiring an outside event planning consultant soon become apparent.

* Florida event planners are experts in their field that come backed with the experience of planning multiple events. This experience works to your advantage in that they know exactly where to start with Florida event planning and how to overcome obstacles.

* Using an outside event planner ensures that valuable work time is not lost to event planning. The destination event does not become a burden that detracts from business as usual, and does not override the requirements of the job.

* You and/or your staff do not become stressed trying to navigate the many ins and outs of destination event planning in an unfamiliar environment.

* Local Florida destination planners have a level of familiarity with the area and its resources that you will not—even if you live and work locally. An event planner’s working life depends on this familiarity, and on the ability to locate, research, and secure the services of new providers.

* Time and personnel resources are not taxed by nagging details and ongoing communications with venue personnel, service providers, vendors, and the like.

* All the work and details of the project are delegated, while you maintain oversight and decision-making. Your Florida event planner will do the research and footwork and present a detailed report of options to you, leaving you with final control.

* Experience teaches an event planner a lot about the needs and expectations of event participants; Florida destination planners can see to the needs of participants before any lapse in service is noted.

* Florida destination event planners are experts at budgeting and allocating event funds.

* Event planners in Florida also have an extensive network of contacts, so they know where to locate the best services and how to negotiate the best pricing and package deals.

* Strategic pricing alliances are held by Florida event planners, and often the best prices for certain venues and services can only be had by working with a professional event planning service.

* Florida event planners have access and preference to many services and venues.

* Versatility is another benefit of working with a professional event planner in Florida. Planners are happy to provide as much or as little service as you require, and are always up for the challenge of planning a new and unique event.

When you choose to use an outside event planner to help plan your Florida destination event, you gain the guidance of a skilled expert and consultant. The stress and pressure of planning the event and seeing to the small details fall to the planner, and not to you and your busy staff. That professionalism and dedication will come through in your event, and the success of the day—your very reputation—will benefit from it as well.



Kathryn

Leaftech asked:


Is it time to celebrate, impress the boss, marry off the children, reunite with family, or meet those fundraising objectives? A barbeque caterer can certainly help you party with style.

There is nothing like the smell of someone barbequing to get the mouth watering and bring the shoulders down from around your ears. Somehow, there just seems to be something magical about the smell of the barbeque that brings about a sense of relaxation, comfort and easier times. Barbequed food has a flavour and atmosphere that solicits the idea of party and fun, social chatter and laughter.

Planning a party, wedding, office gathering, corporate function, fundraising event, reunion or a gathering of the family clan is a huge undertaking. Why not include a caterer and leave the cooking to the chef in the big white hat flipping your selected specialties on the barbeque. The selection ranges from the simple fare of hamburger patties, hotdogs, and spicy sausage, to something more traditional such as steak and chicken, or perhaps as elaborate as salmon, bacon wrapped oysters or shish kabobs. Food that comes from the grill releases wonderful aromas throughout the party and instills an intimate atmosphere.

Did you know that barbeque catering has become one of the most popular, fun and attractive ways to entertain friends, family and colleagues? When you hire a caterer, you share your ideas and theme and then leave the fuss and muss to the experts. You decide on the style of party, be that an outdoor company party, your dream wedding, or a glamorous cocktail party (no longer passé). Your caterer does the complete planning — all the details and coordination of such items as sound systems, food, tents, tables, chairs, linens, entertainment, decorations, interesting fun concepts and even suggestions on location.

The pleasure to enjoy is all yours; the chaos to coordinate and execute your event is now with the people in the know, your barbeque caterer!



Barry

Confid321 asked:


I am looking to change careers (4 years of work experience). Does anyone know how one gets into corporate event planning (aside from job posting sites and contacts of course)?

Brian

Marcus Stout asked:


Events are an important part of corporate life. A well planned event can forcefully convey a clear corporate message and engage participants in the respective corporate culture.

Most companies and organizations hold events for a number of reasons. Company picnics, holiday parties, new product introductions, sales and planning meetings and annual shareholder’s meetings are but a few of the occasions that mark milestones of the organization. These meetings require detailed planning and resources and many organizations elect to utilize specialists in managing events.

Event planning is a complex undertaking with the coordination of vendor delivery schedules and maintaining critical timeline requirements. In addition to the logistics involved in planning the meeting most planners develop a theme that captures the essence and intent of the meeting. The theme adds continuity and acts as a reminder of the event for the future.

The Value of the Theme

A common theme brings participants together and allows the event organizers to convey a strong message about the event. The theme is usually expressed in communication and promotional material and documents related to the event. Effective communication of the theme is critical to the success of the event.

Since there are a variety of themes to choose from for any event, care must be taken to select the best theme for the occasion and to properly communicate the theme to the audience.

Promotional Items and Quality Communication

The theme is an important element of communications. A quality message, consistent with the overall theme message of the company, is required for effective communication. One aspect of communication is the use of personalized promotional items, effective banners and unique giveaways.

These items can be designed to impart an effective message and the use of high quality personalized giveaways creates a lasting impression and reinforces the event theme.

Private Label Drinking Water as an Effective Promotional Item

Private label drinking water is an ideal and powerful way to promote an event theme. Essentially private labeling allows businesses to design and develop a label with a custom message and theme and attach that label to a bottle of healthy drinking water. A result of this process is the creation and promotion of a clear message that is tailored to the event

Because of the immediate and permanent nature of the bottled water product, consumable advertising is created that leaves a lasting message in the mind of the event participant.

Some of the benefits of private labeled water include:

? A high-quality, effective and custom message.

? Messages can be modified to reflect events like corporate meetings, new product introductions and promotions.

? Individual users often carry the water with them and the event message is further extended and promoted.

? Pure water is popular and universally accepted as contributing to good health. The message of the private label effectively reaches more prospects as use grows.

? Effective cost is low and response to the event message is immediate.

? Consumable, portable advertising creates a lasting message and impression.

What to Look for in a Private Label Water Supplier

There are a number of private label water suppliers but they vary widely in the quality of their product offerings. There are three areas to investigate when choosing a supplier:

Quality of Water

Events with a large number of participants require proper hydration with water of the highest quality. High quality water in terms of health and taste is also critical for the acceptance of the theme and event message. If the water is low quality or tastes bad then the message will fail. The best quality water on the market today is purified using a distillation/ filtration/ oxygenation process that removes all impurities, including all bacteria, and creates a light, refreshing taste.

Quality of Label Design and Production

The label is the message part of the product and poor-quality labels send a poor-quality message. Production of a poor-quality label is a waste of money and adversely affects the message and theme.

It is very important to know that the vast majority (almost all) of the private label opportunities in this country come from water resellers (not bottlers) with desktop-model “thermal” (or “thermal wax”) printing devices with a quality level that cannot compare well to even consumer-grade inkjet printing devices widely available for less than $200 at your local electronics store. These label printers are very cheap in both quality and cost, typically ranging from $10-20k depending on configuration, and are widely used throughout the private label water industry because of their low cost.

In sharp contrast, a quality label, i.e., one that looks like a top-shelf brand that you might find in your local gourmet grocery store, needs to be produced with professional-quality equipment using professional-grade printing equipment. There are three types of printing equipment that can produce a high-quality label.

1. Rotary offset lithography;

2. Flexography; and

3. High-quality digital presses.

For most smaller runs (under about 10,000 units), digital equipment offered by Heidelberg or HP is the most cost effective solution, but instead of $10-20k, the minimum equipment costs for these professional solutions range from $750k to $1.25M per station.

These facts are very important to understand when choosing a private label bottler – because those who sell low-quality labels would have you believe that nothing better is available because of the short runs required by private label customers. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In order to succeed, your label must be professionally designed and produced with high-quality materials using a printing process that renders a high-quality result. Waterproof lamination is also required for long lasting labels. This is easily achieved for an affordable unit cost using the right equipment for the job.

Quality of Customer Service

The design and production of private labeled drinking water is complex and requires intense interaction between the customer and supplier. Communication and a culture of customer service excellence is a prerequisite to the creation of an effective theme message and a successful event. Without a significant commitment to customer service on the part of the supplier, the impact of the theme message will fail.

Choose a quality supplier to help develop and communicate your message and to create success for the corporate event.



Ernest