Posts by Maria Waida
Tech Thursday: 30 Gorgeous Event Lighting Ideas
The most common types of special event lighting include Lekos, PAR, LEDs, and Gobos. But whether or not you’ve worked with them at other events before, there are lots of other special event lighting design ideas you can use to spice things up. Here are some tips you can use at virtually any event you…
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Wednesday Wisdom: How to Have Tough Conversations with Event Planning Clients
No one likes having tough conversations with clients. But with a little skill building and guidance you’ll be equipped to handle almost any scenario with flying colors! 6 Soft Skills All Event Planners Need Soft skills is a phrase most often associated with HR departments. People like to assume that they are fluffy activities reserved…
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Tips Tuesday: 30 Tricks to Stay Extremely Organized as an Event Planner
What makes a good event coordinator? Expert planning and organizing skills of course! These creative organization tips for event planners go beyond basic or common sense principles to bring you great techniques and tools you might not have even considered (or heard of) before. 30 Creative Ways for Event Planners to Stay Organized 1. Get…
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Monday Motivation: 40 Budget-Smart Event Catering Ideas for Every Season
Interested in maximizing your client or company catering budget at your next corporate or social event? These smart strategies have you covered. Explore how to stretch your dollar any time of year and the latest seasonal food and beverage trends that won’t break the bank. Catering Ideas for AnytimeCatering Ideas for FallCatering Ideas for WinterCatering…
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Friday Finds: Secrets to Picking the Perfect Flowers for Every Event
Want to know which flowers are typically used for decoration? Or how to create stunning DIY event flowers for any occasion? These floral design tips will help you do that and so much more! Which Flowers are Used for Decoration at Events? The flower you choose for your event will greatly depend on what type…
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Tech Thursday: 15 New Social Media Platforms Event Planners Need to Watch This Year
The latest high impact social media tools have a lot to offer event planners who know how to maximize their event social media strategy. Use these must know tips and tricks to do things like: provide creative VIP experiences, find out exactly which social media posts helped fuel ticket sales, create a comprehensive analysis of…
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Wednesday Wisdom: The Step-by-Step Guide to Designing the Best Event Banners, Flyers, & Posters
Effective event banners, flyers, and posters require a basic understanding of a few things. First, you have to know some foundational design principles and best practices. Then, you’ve got to gather the right tools for the job. And, if you really want your event marketing collateral to shine, you’ve got to learn from the best…
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Tips Tuesday: 27 Top Timesaving Event Planning Tricks
How can an event planner improve? With some great timesaving event planning tips and tricks of course! We’ve gathered 27 of the most creative and effective productivity strategies known to the modern event planner in this list of ideas that will surprise, inspire, and, ultimately, inform your event process. Pick up new timesaving event planning…
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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…
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Friday Finds: Registration Maximizing Event Website Design Trends
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…
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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…
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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…
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