Posts by Maria Waida
Monday Motivation: How to Design an Incredible Event Calendar
Blanking on how to make your event calendar better than ever? Here are some tips and tricks on things like how to make any event seasonally appropriate, ways to fill in calendar gaps, and the absolute best tools for designing an incredible event calendar. Your Corporate Event Template: What Events To Throw & When Here’s…
Read More Friday Finds: Registration Maximizing Event Website Design Trends for 2020
With the new year coming up, it’s time to take a look at event website design trends in 2020 that could help maximize registrations. Keep an eye out for these highly effective website design elements in the coming year, and add a few of these to your own event webpages to drive ticket sales. How…
Read More Wednesday Wisdom: How to Design an Unforgettable Event Concept
Create an event concept that attendees will talk about for months afterwards through a combination of strategy and creativity. In this article we’ll get into how to do exactly that along with plenty of inspiring examples and ideas. But First, What Is Event Design? Event design is the appearance and feel of an event. Things…
Read More Monday Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Landing Corporate Event Planning Clients
You can’t run a corporate event planning business without any corporate event planning clients. Here’s how to find, persuade, and land your next big accounts, no matter where you are in your career. Getting into corporate event planning Employment growth for meeting, convention, and other types of corporate event planning is expected to grow by…
Read More Wednesday Wisdom: 11 Legal Issues & Requirements Event Planners Should Know
Event planners and small business owners need to know how to protect the investment they make into every project. Here’s how to do exactly that. Here are the must-know legal requirements for your event planning business If you own your own business you might have some of these covered already. But it’s good to review…
Read More Monday Motivation: Awesome B2B Event Marketing Ideas
Want to create marketing for your B2B event that people will actually love? Here’s how to make higher quality content, implement better marketing strategy, and achieve your event registration goals. Why Many B2B Event Marketing Ideas Fail Despite best intentions and research, not every marketing idea (B2B, event, or otherwise) is going to hit it…
Read More Monday Motivation: Event Planning Portfolio Basics
Experts agree that building an event planning portfolio is probably the most important thing you’ll do as an events professional in terms of marketing yourself to your target audience. A digital event portfolio basically shows the world who you are, what you do, and how talented you really are. Creating one – especially if it’s…
Read More Friday Finds: 15 Must-Watch Event Planning Videos
Looking for event inspiration and education fast? We’ve pulled together some top videos for event planners, so you don’t have to spend hours searching. Each video on this list was selected because of its high-quality content, subject relevance, cool design or format, and unique perspective on the topic. Discover 15 top event planning videos to…
Read More Tech Thursday: Everything You Need to Know About Augmented Reality Event Planning
Did you know that 88% of event planners were making arrangements to host virtual reality (VR) events last year? And 87% of them planned some sort of augmented reality (AR) event too. Clearly virtual event planning is in high demand right now. Whether you’re new to event tech or you’re looking for inspiration for that…
Read More Wednesday Wisdom: Ethical Issues in Event Planning
If you’ve ever scoped out a Code of Ethics for professional event planners, you already know that there are a lot of issues worth keeping in mind no matter how much experience you have. But what you might not know is exactly what kind of gray area scenarios you can find yourself or your staff…
Read More Tips Tuesday: The Winning Golf Event Planning Guide
Over 33.1 million American viewers tuned in to watch professional golf last year, proving that this is still one of the most sought after event types in the country. Whether you’re planning a tournament or a charity drive, all golfing events require a timeline and checklist to make sure they run smoothly. How Do You…
Read More Friday Finds: 25 Inspiring Fall Themes for Events We’re Obsessing Over
Fall is the second largest consumer spending season of the year (only after Winter and the holidays). That means it’s the perfect time to jumpstart charity fundraising, host ticketed or private events, and take advantage of the many fall event themes on this list while the weather is still decent for outdoor activities. What do…
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