Being Your Own Cake Boss: An Interview with Courtney Hopkins, Award-Winning Entreprenuer & Cake Extroardinaire
The best advice I got was to “Not Give Up.” There are times when things don’t work out… but you have to learn from your mistakes and move on.
You Should Read This…
Want to grow in your success as an industry leader? Read this.
Wine for the Weekend: 90+ Cellars 2014 Pinot Noir
I recently decided to splurge on a wine and tried 90+ Cellars' Pinot Noir. I love Washington/Oregon white wines and decided I would see what one of my favorite red varietals might taste like. I was pleasantly surprised, intrigued even by the...
Fun & Easy Easter Desserts
Click the images to view the recipes.
Spritz : Italy’s Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail
Banish all of your previous assumptions and dive into this narrative about the unlikely history and culture of spritz cocktails.
Being Your Own Cake Boss: An Interview with Courtney Hopkins, Award-Winning Entreprenuer & Cake Extroardinaire
The best advice I got was to “Not Give Up.” There are times when things don’t work out… but you have to learn from your mistakes and move on.
You Should Read This…
Want to grow in your success as an industry leader? Read this.
Wine for the Weekend: 90+ Cellars 2014 Pinot Noir
I recently decided to splurge on a wine and tried 90+ Cellars' Pinot Noir. I love Washington/Oregon white wines and decided I would see what one of my favorite red varietals might taste like. I was pleasantly surprised, intrigued even by the...
Fun & Easy Easter Desserts
Click the images to view the recipes.
Spritz : Italy’s Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail
Banish all of your previous assumptions and dive into this narrative about the unlikely history and culture of spritz cocktails.
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...
Halloween Parties in Chicago 2012
It's the week of Halloween. Have you made plans yet? In case you haven't I've listed some links below with great ideas of places to go for the holiday.Hurry up and get your tickets while you still have...
5 Lessons from "The Pitch"
Laura McCoullouch-Carter has a great article on her blog about the 5 Lessons Every Planner Can Learn from "The Pitch". Check out this must-read. It's a quick and nice reminder of the importance of really covering all the details and thinking everything through. L
8 Hotel Secrets to Lower Your Event Costs
I found this article on LinkedIn. I work in restaurants, a fellow member of the hospitality industry so I would say this sounds about right. It's also very informative for those of you who have never worked in the hotel...
5 Steps for Being More Assertive at Your Job
I think that being assertive about what I want and how I feel about things at work has always been really hard for me. I think of myself as a "people pleaser." It's hard to say no and our work motto is "go above and beyond." So at what point do you...
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