Event Planning

Trade shows are an effective marketing channel to personally interact with thousands of current & new consumers, distributors & retailers. The following are some of the major trends that continue to fuel the trade show fire.

When you go to an event, a seminar, a presentation, is it a classroom for all practical purposes, or are you enjoying a show while learning? Many event planners fail to realize that events are shows in disguise and treat them like a good old classroom.

Awards can give your product, company, or event prestige beyond traditional marketing. Simply by entering the competition and preparing in advance for the award greatly increases your chances to be featured by the media and create rapport with new leads.

In this edition, Event Planner’s Toolbox helps simplify your event's social media management and marketing. Use SocialBee to schedule, publish, and analyze all your event-related social media content in one place before, during, and after your event.

Event organizers should start placing more emphasis on cloakrooms — after all, it's likely to be the first and last impressions your guests will have of the event and it's also where your guests will be leaving some of their important personal belongings.

Prepare your event. Prepare contingencies for potential and unknown problems. Then prepare yourself to deal with the stress that comes with event planning. If you lose your professionalism on the job, the event may not succeed. So prepare yourself to relax too.

Hacking has a bad connotation in today's general populace, but it's a way to bring people together to do GOOD work with GREAT outcomes. If you really want to change the world than hack events might be for you.

A get well fundraiser house party is a simple way to help raise funds for the person you care so much about, be it a relative or a friend.

Event planners take full advantage of Google+ Pages with 7 easy steps that will walk you through the creation and setup of your page. The guide also includes tips to help you use your page to its fullest potential, and help promote your business or event.

A quick list of important, yet commonly forgotten items by event planners. These items will come in handy to save your event, so make sure you have it with you at your venue. You don't want small things ruin your entire event.