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How to Get Sponsors for an Event: The Complete Guide
If you plan on hosting an event, you’re also facing a big question: How are you going to fund it? Established companies might be able to dip into a generous marketing budget ” but smaller companies likely need some help. A great financing option? Seek out sponsors. Finding a sponsor, though, can be like trying to…
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5 Tips For a Perfect Event Seating Plan
Seating plans have a bad reputation. They take time, they’re fiddly, and everyone switches places anyway. Still, there are plenty of reasons you need to have one. They make your guests relaxed because they know where they’ll be sitting and with whom. First things first: Do you really need an event seating plan? You know…
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The Washington Post Names Social Tables to Top Workplaces of 2015
Washington, DC (June 22, 2015) – Social Tables (www.socialtables.com) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded 3rd place in the Small Business Category, and CEO Dan Berger awarded Top Business Leader, in The Washington Post’s Top Workplaces of 2015. Social Tables is a deliberately developmental organization (DDO), which means we have a maniacal…
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15 Technology Upgrades Your Convention Center Needs Now
I think the way that we learn is changing now, said Samuel J. Smith, managing director of Minneapolis-based, Interactive Meeting Technology. We have this need for more collaborative environments and spaces, and that’s where conference centers can really set themselves apart from other meeting venues. Smith hit the nail right on the head. With an…
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Social Tables Announces Groundbreaking New Desk Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOCIAL TABLES ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING NEW DESK EDITION TO HELP WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD ORGANIZE THE CRAP ON THEIR DESKS Washington, DC (April 1, 2015) – — Earlier today, Social Tables, the award-winning hospitality software company, announced that it will be using its technology to build a new, cutting edge solution to help office…
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7 Must-Know Marketing Secrets for Successful Events
You already wear many hats as an event planner: You’re a creative, a project manager, and a budget specialist. If you plan large-scale events, you need to add another skill to your toolbelt: event marketing professional. Marketing is how you spread the word about your event. Successful promotion targets the perfect audience, builds your attendee…
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Harness Event Data for Better Planning: 4 Essential Big Data Strategies
You know that collecting big data is a major trend in the event planning industry. The marriage of technology and attendee-centric event planning can create experiences that engage event participants in revolutionary ways. But how do you leverage big data to boost success and revamp your events, so the numbers lead to strategic design improvements?…
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5 Reasons Why A Floor Plan Is the Foundation of Your Event
Over the course of the two decades that I have planned events, I have always started my process with the foundational step of creating my floor plan first. This method has proven a strategic advantage in successfully executing events ranging from the XI International Conference on AIDS (one stadium, one arena, one convention centre, one…
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How to Pick an Event Caterer: 10 Critical Steps to Pick the Best (and Key Questions to Ask )
Hiring a caterer is about more than just the quality of the meal”caterers must also keep calm under pressure, communicate efficiently and thoroughly with a variety of people, manage waitstaff, show flexibility, and anticipate issues that may arise. When interviewing caterers, don’t hesitate to ask tough questions. You need to ensure the catering company has…
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Hiring an Event Videographer: How to Contract the Best Pro for Every Event
Videography is a lot like photography and other creative pursuits; everyone dabbles in it, but not everyone does it well. If you need to capture high-quality video of your next, a professional event videographer is worth the investment. Read on to discover the benefits of hiring a videographer rather than managing this essential task yourself,…
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How to Hire an Event Photographer: 20 Secrets to Get the Best
Though everyone is a photographer these days with smartphones always ready to capture the moment, you’ll need to hire an event photographer for large-scale conferences and social occasions. During an event, you and your team have your hands full with a million tasks, while a photographer’s exclusive focus is documenting the special moments that happen…
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Social Tables Secures $8 MM In Series A Funding
Social Tables Secures $8 MM to Improve and Expand Its Hospitality Product Suite to Its 2,500 Customers and Beyond Bessemer Venture Partners to Lead Investment with Thayer Ventures, Militello Capital, 500 Startups, Middleland Capital, and Fortify Ventures Joining (Washington, DC) Social Tables (www.socialtables.com), the web-based hospitality SaaS technology that brings powerful sales and operations tools…
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