On November 12, 2018, Save the Date® COO Ariana Stecker spoke at International Live Events Association’s (ILEA) How to Do Business with Non-Profits. She was joined by other leaders in the events and hospitality industry including: David Adler, CEO and Founder of BizBash, David Mack, Business Development Executive of Text-to-Pledge, Steve Paster, Founder of Alpine Creative Group, and Darryl Stupp, General Manager of Tribeca Rooftop.The panel discussed tips for getting repeat business, working with budgets to make them stretch further, and current trends in the non-profit sector.Save the Date® and Ariana regularly work with non-profits on their annual fundraising galas. ...
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Human attention spans are getting shorter, partially due to the fact that we now have pocket-sized computers that we carry everywhere we go. As a result, it can often be difficult to hold the audience’s attention at corporate meetings. Now more than ever, it is essential for event leaders to be engaging when presenting information at these meetings. If you are using the same tired tactics and not facilitating audience participation, attendees will lose interest fast. Here are a few good strategies for boosting attendee engagement at corporate meetings:1. Figure Out What Works and What Doesn’tAn excellent way to see ...
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So you want to become a corporate event planner? That’s awesome news! As a corporate event planner, you’ll have the potential for an interesting, fulfilling and long-lasting career where you get to meet and interact with all kinds of people. It can also be a lot of fun! That’s not to say that it can’t be very challenging at times, but at the same time, it can be very rewarding work. When you’ve pulled off an exceptional corporate event after months of planning, problem solving and managing all the small details, you’ll understand what we mean. But let’s not get ahead of ...
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Corporate team building activities can have big payoffs for businesses and other organizations. These range from improving communication and collaborative skills among employees to encouraging them to build trust in one another and improve their ability to solve problems.However, for participants to reap the maximum benefits from corporate team building activities, they have to be effective. And they are most effective when they are fun, entertaining, or challenging enough to make employees want to enthusiastically participate.Here are four types of team building activities that are sure to motivate even the most skeptical members of the team. These activities can be ...
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Technology is playing an ever increasing role in corporate event planning. In fact, according to a new 2018 Event Planner Forecast, close to half of in-house event planners said they will add new technology next year in an effort to improve the planning and management of their events.We’re not surprised by this because technology has a lot of benefits for planners. It can help us do our jobs more efficiently and often faster, and it provides us with all kinds of data and tracking capabilities about events, attendees and clients. It streamlines event processes like registration, through to audiovisual technology ...
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