Zorric Sia asked:


want to throw a birthday party or an anniversary celebration? Perhaps you’d like to organize a fund raiser but don’t know how to go about it? You may have ideas brimming over you and now spilling through your ears. Grab a piece of paper and pencil and get your thoughts organized. There are quite a number of questions you will need to answer and once you’ve jotted those questions down, you’ll start to realize that perhaps you might need a little extra boost in throwing your party or getting your event together.

Some of these questions will range from how many guests are coming, to the type of paper to use for the invitations you need to send out, to what kind of canapés you ought to serve. Then there are also more detailed items to turn your attention to like whether your event needs a host or master of ceremony, the sound system provider, chairs and tables, etc. Now you’re beginning to realize that maybe there’s more to events than just the main costume theme or event title. There are countless other things that go unseen by the guests but are essential for the event to be successful.

There is a question of getting in contact with suppliers and owners or managers of the chosen venue. If your event requires catering, your planner will also be the one getting in touch with the catering service and staff and making sure that they can get a team together for your little shindig. If you’re trying to convince yourself that you can take on all these responsibilities just to save some money on hiring a professional planner, then you’re in for quite a rollercoaster ride. It’s difficult being both the host and organizer of any event?especially if it is on a corporate scale. Events like galas, charity balls, exhibits, etc are best left to the pros because if you are the host, you will need to keep yourself as stress-free as possible so as to enable you to entertain your guests and still look and be at your best. Taking on the responsibility of an event planner will leave you frazzled and haggard, stealing time away from you that could be spent talking to your more important guests and making essential network connections among your guests. You want to avoid a scenario where the head honcho of a certain corporation you have been trying to get acquainted with comes over to talk but you end up excusing yourself in order to find out why on earth the salmon and lemon dill cucumber tea sandwiches weren’t served on time to your slightly famished guests.

Unless you’re throwing a Super-Bowl-Sunday event at your home, or a Grey’s Anatomy 5- season DVD marathon in your apartment where the only gastronomic menu desired is nothing short of a bag of chips or a bowl of popcorn and some canned drinks, it is good to hire best event planner in putting your event planning services together because you will want your occasion to come out smooth, organized and polished.

Nancy

Chriss Tyrrell asked:


When it comes to corporate event planning, size really does matter. What this means is that the number of people involved plays in heavily in so many of the decisions that have to be made. For instance, if your planning for a small corporate event involving say,  100 people or less then you can opt to hold it in a local hotels banquet chambers and simply let them cater it from their kitchen.

The Hot New Trend In Corporate Event Entertainment Options

Of course this doesn’t solve the problem of  entertainment and today corporate event entertainment choices run the gamut. The hot new trend in corporate event entertainment is interactive entertainment thats written, arranged and produced to instill some positive message or training of sorts. Comedy skits that delve into customer relations issues, fire walking that build courage and self confidence etc.

Entertainment Events Designed To Instill Courage In the Work Place

Believe it or not, some corporate events today now even include sky diving as a way to teach employees how to break through fear barriers. One would like to hope that an entertainment event of this type would be optional for those in attendance. Even so, these types of adrenaline boosting entertainment events seem to be growing in popularity and believe it or not, some guests love them!

Welcome To Environmentally Sound Entertainment

On the lighter and much safer side is the rapidly growing trend in “greening up” corporate events. Now don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that you will have your guests munching on alfalfa sprouts as they move from one recycling bin to the next. Rather, these additions to corporate events can and usually are more of an educational experience.

When It Comes To Todays Business – Green Is Good PR

You see, unless you’ve been living on another planet for the last decade then you should know that when it comes to corporate PR today, “green is good”. Any green for that matter. So where do you suppose is the best place to let the managers and the public know that your outfit is at least “thinking green”? Your guessed it! At a corporate event. Hey! Don’t forget to invite the reporter from the local paper who covers the “local events beat”.

Great Entertainment and a Great Learning Experience

Of course this would involve the use of the very latest in carbon friendly “stuff” such as recycled paper and plastic products. But they also usually include one or more experts demonstrating the very latest in energy conservation technology that can be applied to the business your in. If it sounds boring or mundane, its not because they tend to bring along only the most fascinating, relevant and most readily applicable gadgets and information.

Heres Something you Probably Haven’t Thought Of!

What about getting in touch with one of one of those “Freetrade people” that can come to your event and host a Freetrade “mini-shopping bazaar” and even serve Freetrade refreshments like pesticide free coffee and teas. In case you didn’t know, Freetrade is an International marketing certification program that allows producers and marketers of ethically and environmentally sound products to use their logo for verification. Its the latest thing in green, socially concious product marketing and its spreading like wildfire.



Marjorie

Gareth Weiss asked:


Some Food Rules of Your Cocktail Party

Hosting a cocktail party is a cool way to spend time with your family and buddies. Guests will like that fact of you serving some appetisers with the alcohol that you are going to be serving. As you are thinking about what number of people so you need to also think about what quantity of people so you can have a concept on how much food you’ll need. As a guideline, guesstimate 6 bites per person for every hour. However depending on the guests I might work out a bit more then that.

Finger foods are good for drinks parties. They can be prepared before the cocktail party and they need tiny clean up asserts Anthony from one of Europe’s prime event planning companies – ELITEVENT

Your guests want to have a tissue or maybe a small paper plate will due. Your visitors will have an opportunity to walk around and talk while they break. And still not much clean up involved.

Most event planning companies says that appetisers as a rule are small in portion usually bite size. Good ideas would be mini cheesecakes, sausage rolls, dipped strawberries in chocolate are all great cocktail party foods. Pair up smoked salmon or caviar with martinis. Or you can opt to go simply with cheese trays twinned with wine.

You need to enjoy yourself so be certain the cocktail party food that you choose is simple and will not require a large amount of running forwards and forth from the kitchen. If the host can be no wheres to be found then some of the guests may begin to feel a bit uncomfortable. Ensure that you have chosen a food that you are familiar with, and a food that can be made ahead of time. The last thing that you need to be doing is slave in the kitchen when there’s a fabulous cocktail party going on right on the other side of kitchen door.



June