Great Summer DIY Projects
What's summer without a little fun? Try some Do-It-Yourself activities that will amp up your summer! Peg Board Wall Organizer Leaf Art! Create Outdoor Seating Faux Ceramic Napkin Rings Copper & Wood Side Table
Wines for Summer
REDS Inman Family 2014 Endless Crush Rosé of Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Boeger 2013 Walker Vineyard Zinfandel (El Dorado) WHITES 2014 Paolo Saracco Moscato d’Asti 2013 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc Joseph Cattin 2013 Pinot Blanc Alsace SPARKLING & ROSÉ...
Summer Cocktails
Summer in the City means it time for excellent drinks. Your friends will want to visit you more if your drinks are better, so here are some great summer recipes to enjoy! (Click the images for the recipes) Berry Mojito Zen Sangria (Non Alcoholic) Pimm's Cup Michelada...
Festivals, Conventions and Summer Events In Chicago
Everyone knows that Chicagoans put up with the winter just for our awesome summers! June is alive with endless festival and summer event options. Events 12 is a great resource of all the festivals in Chicago: http://www.events12.com/chicago/june/ But don't forget...
Top 5 Rooftops in Downtown Chicago
Cindy's at the Chicago Athletic Club Cerise at the Virgin Hotel I/O Urban Roofscape at the Godfrey The Terrace at Trump International Hotel & Tower Drumbar at the Raffaello Hotel
Great Summer DIY Projects
What's summer without a little fun? Try some Do-It-Yourself activities that will amp up your summer! Peg Board Wall Organizer Leaf Art! Create Outdoor Seating Faux Ceramic Napkin Rings Copper & Wood Side Table
Wines for Summer
REDS Inman Family 2014 Endless Crush Rosé of Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Boeger 2013 Walker Vineyard Zinfandel (El Dorado) WHITES 2014 Paolo Saracco Moscato d’Asti 2013 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc Joseph Cattin 2013 Pinot Blanc Alsace SPARKLING & ROSÉ...
Summer Cocktails
Summer in the City means it time for excellent drinks. Your friends will want to visit you more if your drinks are better, so here are some great summer recipes to enjoy! (Click the images for the recipes) Berry Mojito Zen Sangria (Non Alcoholic) Pimm's Cup Michelada...
Festivals, Conventions and Summer Events In Chicago
Everyone knows that Chicagoans put up with the winter just for our awesome summers! June is alive with endless festival and summer event options. Events 12 is a great resource of all the festivals in Chicago: http://www.events12.com/chicago/june/ But don't forget...
Top 5 Rooftops in Downtown Chicago
Cindy's at the Chicago Athletic Club Cerise at the Virgin Hotel I/O Urban Roofscape at the Godfrey The Terrace at Trump International Hotel & Tower Drumbar at the Raffaello Hotel
How To Interview Celebrities & Why You Should Work with Freelance Writers & Small Publications
I believe that one of the most important things an event planner can do is get perspectives on how other industries work. I sat down with Jennifer Boyer, Indepedent/Freelance Writer, formerly of Cheeky Chicago to talk about her experiences doing celebrity interviews....
Technology from the Developers of the 2012 Obama Campaign
Monday evening I was lucky enough to attend a videotaped panel session hosted by New Relic, an applications performance monitoring website. It was pretty techy and a little over my head at times, but it was also interesting to hear how technology is changing the game...
Ask The Right Questions – An Article from FastCompany
When I find a great article it seems rude not to share. "The One Conversation Tool That Will Make You Better at Absolutely Everything" may or may not make you better at everything, but it's certainly worth a...
Building Powerful Relationships with Content Marketing
Steven H. Klinghoffer, President of WPI Communications, Inc. is sharing his wisdom as a guest blogger of The Chicago Event Planner. Regardless of the nature of your business, you may have heard the words “content marketing” or...
January 2013 Conventions
Be sure to stay on top of this month's conventions! While January tends to be slow, the Chicago Boat Show is expected to bring in nearly 75,000 attendees. The Chicago Tourism & Convention Bureau helpfully provides a list of Chicago Conventions so...
How to be a Creative Event Planner
The word "Creative" gets thrown around a lot in the event planning industry. So how do you define what it means to be creative and better yet, how do you BECOME creative? It's really quite easy: switch the word creativity with resourcefulnes....
5 Organizational Tips to Prepare for the Holidays
For most people involved in the event planning & hospitality world this is a busy time of year (and to be fair, anyone in retail too). So how do you prepare for the holiday rush? By being really super organized. It's obvious but it's true....
Cvent- 10 Themes for Corporate Events
Love to share great articles from other blogs. Here is one from Cvent for Corporate Event Themes.http://blog.Cvent.com/blog/executiveoasis/event-themes
Events & Conferences for November 2012
Holiday season is upon us. That means lots of upcoming events on top of business as usual. Make sure you know what's going on this month while you're making your Thanksgiving plans and getting in holiday shopping somewhere between planning and organizing...