Top 9 Catering Considerations When Planning an Event Menu
One of the most common questions in event planning is about food. How do you select the right items for your group? Here are some great ideas from this article by Rob Hard.
5 Ways to Make Fundraising Easy
Fundraising can be a tough activity. The goal is to make as much money as possible while spending as little as possible. Depending on who is doing the fundraiser, resources may be incredibly limited so here are 5 tips to help you in planning a successful fundraising...
Venue of the Month: The Drake Hotel
ABOUT THE VENUE February's Venue of the Month is the legendary The Drake Hotel. Not only does this luxury property afford its guests easy access to the city’s most exclusive shopping, nightlife, and dining but it has a timeless story that is woven into the very fabric...
Winter Beverage: Mulled Wine
My first experience with mulled wine was while studying abroad in Italy. My school was based in Rome but a friend and I had taken a weekend trip to Venice in November. Coming from a dry household I, unlike basically every other college kid, was not a huge drinker....
5 Tips for Improving Your Sales
Sales Isn't a Dirty Word. Event Planning is often times as much a sales job as it is a planning and organizational job. Yes, you have to be creative and think on you feet, but many times you have to sell your clients on the best ideas and processes to ensure the...
Top 9 Catering Considerations When Planning an Event Menu
One of the most common questions in event planning is about food. How do you select the right items for your group? Here are some great ideas from this article by Rob Hard.
5 Ways to Make Fundraising Easy
Fundraising can be a tough activity. The goal is to make as much money as possible while spending as little as possible. Depending on who is doing the fundraiser, resources may be incredibly limited so here are 5 tips to help you in planning a successful fundraising...
Venue of the Month: The Drake Hotel
ABOUT THE VENUE February's Venue of the Month is the legendary The Drake Hotel. Not only does this luxury property afford its guests easy access to the city’s most exclusive shopping, nightlife, and dining but it has a timeless story that is woven into the very fabric...
Winter Beverage: Mulled Wine
My first experience with mulled wine was while studying abroad in Italy. My school was based in Rome but a friend and I had taken a weekend trip to Venice in November. Coming from a dry household I, unlike basically every other college kid, was not a huge drinker....
5 Tips for Improving Your Sales
Sales Isn't a Dirty Word. Event Planning is often times as much a sales job as it is a planning and organizational job. Yes, you have to be creative and think on you feet, but many times you have to sell your clients on the best ideas and processes to ensure the...
Pinterest-ing
Now that I've started this blog I've started exploring the internet world behind event planning much more heavily and I keep coming across the same thing: use Pinterest! I'd seen it on my facebook time & time again and finally signed up for it, trying to figure...
New To The City? Things To Know
Each city has it's thing, stuff the locals know and any good traveler does too. Chicago is no exception to that. If you are new to the city, here are some things you should know, ESPECIALLY if you are planning an event here. Chicago is a convention city. All cities...
One Way To Minimize Conflict: Know Who You’re Working With
Everyone always talks about communication in those boring seminars you go to that seem to point out the obvious while giving you an excuse not to be at work. Yes, we all need to communicate -- write down details, follow through, tell people things -- the basics....
The First Step In Event Planning: Get Organized
There are all kinds of events out there -- social, weddings, corporate, charitable, etc. So the first thing you need to do when you know you're having an event is to organize it properly. While that sounds obvious, you'd be surprised how fast things can get...