Social Tables, Author at Social Tables

PR Event Planning: 6 Ways to Get the Word Out

A public relations event is your opportunity to showcase your company, client, or products or services to the general public. With a PR event, the press is there and the pressure is on. More than ever, you want to be professional, presentable, and engaging. Here are a few tips to help you plan an effective…

7 Easy Steps to Successful Virtual Event Planning

By Social Tables

Thanks to video streaming services, companies can achieve virtual event planning without geographical constraints. Virtual events can be a standalone venture or accompany a live event. Whichever the case, event streaming is definitely something you should be exploring if your company caters beyond a local demographic. Here are a few tips to help you kick…

50 Event Management Experts + Influencers Every Industry Pro Follows

By Social Tables

In events and hospitality, knowledge is power. The best way to learn the ropes or sharpen your skillset? Learn from the experts that have been there before. Thankfully these thought leaders are quick to share their tips and tricks on how to get ahead in the world of events and hospitality. These 50 event management experts…

The Charity Event Planning Process: 5 Simple Steps

By Social Tables

A charity event serves two purposes: to raise awareness for a specific cause and raise money. People by nature are very charitable and are willing to give to your organization to make a difference. It’s up to you, though, to explain what your charity is and how it’s impacting lives. For better charity event planning,…

Building Relationships with Event Sponsors

5 Simple Steps To Building Meaningful Relationships With Event Sponsors

By Social Tables

After countless phone calls, emails, and written correspondences requesting sponsorship, at least one company agreed to give you the time of day to hear out your proposal. If you fail to make a strong impression after this, then all the work it took you to get to this point will be all for nil. Applying…

3 Steps to Measuring Event and Meeting Success

By Social Tables

Measuring the return on investment of events isn’t an easy task. Ask most Chief Marketing Officers if they could confidently make a connection between event budget and leads, let alone sales, and you will often be met with an uncomfortable shrug. Armed with the right intel, meeting organizers can go back to their bosses and…

25 Washington D.C. Event Venues That Attendees Will Never Forget

By Social Tables

Welcome to Washington D.C., the epicenter of America and home to no shortage of museums, government buildings, and marble monuments. The compact city is a hub for conferences and events, and there are plenty of Washington D.C. event venues for all kinds of events. We’ve rounded up our favorite event spaces in D.C. Click each…

What’s the Difference Between a Meeting and an Event?

By Social Tables

It seems that nowadays the words meetings and events are thrown around interchangeably. There is, in fact, a big difference between the two. First and foremost: All meetings are events but not all events are meetings. Now, let’s get down to the details. [Tweet “All meetings are events but not all events are meetings”] When…

4 Clever Ways to Increase Event Sponsorship ROI Today

By Social Tables

As potential sponsors have more opportunities to invest their marketing budgets elsewhere and the number of inbound solicitations they get increases, it’s up to event professionals to find new and interesting ways to justify sponsors’ spend, attracting new sponsors. Here are four unique ways that event professionals can increase sponsor ROI, and, in turn, increase…

cell phones, coffee mugs and papers on a desk

5 Ways Self-Driving Cars Will Forever Disrupt the Future of Hospitality

By Social Tables

It might not be just around the corner, but it’s certainly down the road. Self-driving cars (or autonomous vehicles) are reaching a point where they’re as good, or better than human drivers. And companies like Google, Tesla, and Uber are each pushing the limits of innovation to dominate the space. In a recent report, Business Insider…

6 Steps to Bring Your New Product Launch Event Ideas to Life

By Social Tables

A launch event is an excellent way to showcase your latest product, build hype around it, and even acquire some sales right at the event. The more you can get people talking about the product, both at the event and via social media, the better it’s going to do. Here are a few tips to bring…

rendering showing chair seating arrangement at event

The Ultimate Guide to Theater Seating for Events

By Social Tables

Theater seating is a style of commonly used event layout, comprised of chairs aligned in consecutive straight rows, generally facing a single direction. It is sometimes called stadium seating or auditorium seating. Here we explore the types of events during which theater seating is best to use, standard setup formats, a variety of customizations you…