Easy Rice Dish: Ginger Miso Rice in a Honey-Teriyaki Sauce
Ginger Miso & Honey-Teriyaki Rice with Chicken
Chicago Planner Magazine 2016
I am very excited about this year’s upcoming revamp of Chicago Planner Magazine and making 2016 the best year yet! 2015 was a very tough year for me, losing both my Dad and my Grandma to cancer. I had big goals for 2015 but as the lack of postings show, things...
Read of the Month: The Eureka Factor
This Month's read is all about figuring it out. Even if you brain feels like it's running low, just read this book and rest assured. Available on Amazon.com
Read of the Month
Holiday Season is upon us and sometimes we just need a refresher on how to be the best event planners possible. This book is the perfect refresher course before the insanity of holiday hits. Get it on Amazon.com
Read of the Month: Good to Great
This book illustrates what makes a good establishment from a great one. If you want to learn to be great, check out this month's read. Available on Amazon.com
Easy Rice Dish: Ginger Miso Rice in a Honey-Teriyaki Sauce
Ginger Miso & Honey-Teriyaki Rice with Chicken
Chicago Planner Magazine 2016
I am very excited about this year’s upcoming revamp of Chicago Planner Magazine and making 2016 the best year yet! 2015 was a very tough year for me, losing both my Dad and my Grandma to cancer. I had big goals for 2015 but as the lack of postings show, things...
Read of the Month: The Eureka Factor
This Month's read is all about figuring it out. Even if you brain feels like it's running low, just read this book and rest assured. Available on Amazon.com
Read of the Month
Holiday Season is upon us and sometimes we just need a refresher on how to be the best event planners possible. This book is the perfect refresher course before the insanity of holiday hits. Get it on Amazon.com
Read of the Month: Good to Great
This book illustrates what makes a good establishment from a great one. If you want to learn to be great, check out this month's read. Available on Amazon.com
Fly Your Clients on a Private Jet
I caught this great article from Thrillist called "Private Jets You Can Sort of Afford". The list includes JetSuite, Desert Jet, XOJet, Clay Lacy Aviaition and Black Jet with some of the shorter flights as low as $1000 for planes that seat at least 6. When you...
Planning Insight from VDA Productions
I always enjoy sharing articles that I think other great and innovative individuals have written. This is a great blog post about what goes into event planning and how to continue to plan better....
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....