Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, tagged catering, Event, event planning, food, garnish, Gather, meeting, planning on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Don’t poison your attendees. Seems like an obvious statement, but how often do we consider ALL of the ways we could be harming our guests?!
Most planners hire florists to decorate their meetings with plants and flowers to enhance the look and feel of the event. It’s a great practice that I fully support. Everything looks [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, Organizing, tagged Event, event planning, Gather, management, meeting, Onsite, planning, shipment, shipping on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s the last Thursday in May, and to end my series of onsite nuggets, I’m writing about packing up your meetings for the return trip.
When you’re shipping items back to the office, do you take the time to organize your shipment as well as you do when you’re sending it to show site? You should! [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, tagged anger, Event, event management, event planning, Gather, meeting, planning, tips on May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I find that tempers tend to flare onsite much easier than they do at the office. Some folks don’t handle “onsite” as well as others. I don’t typically lose my cool, but I have help. I’ve done research on ways to manage anger, and how to diffuse tense situations (in some cases, taking tips from [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, Tools, Venues, tagged boston, chicago, Event, event planning, Gather, hopstop, long island, meeting, new jersey, new york, planning, san francisco, transportation, travel, washington dc on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I recently returned from a meeting in Los Angeles, where I was the sole planner and on my own in a strange, new city. It was my first trip to LA. My dilemma? What should I do with the single, solitary hour I’d have all to myself? Luckily, I have friends who’ve been to LA many times, [...]
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Since May is one of the busiest convention months every year, I’m going to post something that pertains to being onsite every Thursday in May for all our onsite friends to enjoy.
The first one will come out this Thursday, May 1, and I’ll post a link to a great site that helps you spend your “one free [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, Registration, tagged Event, event management, event planning, Gather, meeting, onsite management, planning, Registration on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What do you do as a meeting planner when you’re the only staff member onsite and you get stuck at the registration desk? How do you truly manage the event, if you’re responsible for registration, too?
It’s not an easy task, certainly. Here are some of my suggestions.
Create a “Back in 5 minutes” sign (a nice one, not [...]
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