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How To Get Free DSAN PerfectCue Remote Batteries
Get Free DSAN PerfectCue Remote Batteries If you have never used a DSAN PerfectCue cue light system, you need to. The system is a light and sound signaling system that enables a speaker to send cues to a projectionist for “next,” “back,” and “blank” using a wireless hand-held actuator. This enables the crew in the tech booth to follow along with a speaker’s presentation and never miss a beat. We never do a show without taking ours, and it just makes things so much easier than blindly guessing. If you have used one, however, you know exactly how helpful the cue light can…
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The Benefits of Hiring a Corporate Event Planner
Benefits of Hiring a Corporate Event Planner If you are scratching your head trying to figure out how to plan your next event, you may want to look into hiring a corporate event planner. Professional event planners have pretty much seen it all, and can translate that experience into a successful event, leaving both you and the attendees with a memorable and fun experience. Today’s post will briefly highlight the benefits of hiring a corporate event planner, and why it is well worth the money. Experience The first benefit of hiring a corporate event planner is the experience that the company…
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Tips for a Better Flight
Traveling on an airplane doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Proper prep is a traveler’s best friend when it comes to flying on your next trip. Here are a few tips for a better flight. Noise-cancelling headphones Owning a pair of noise cancelling headphones will likely preserve your sanity when flying, especially on long trips when your patience is wearing thin. I have used quite a few noise cancelling headphones over the years, but prefer to stick to the Bose brand. I own a pair of Bose Quite Comfort Earbuds that I never leave home without. Think spending $300+ on…
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Themes for Corporate Event Planning
Adding a theme will make you stand out in the corporate event planning industry What can make your theme for corporate event planning a little more interesting? What can you do to tie it all together? What do you need to draw the attention of your attendees and peak their interest? Create a theme! Creating a theme for your event is easy, and can make the event stand out from the rest! Create eye catching graphics that draw your audience in. Information is great, but if you want to keep your audience interested, make the content visibly appealing. They say “don’t…
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Successfully Gather Feedback from Attendees after an Event
Successfully Gather Feedback after an Event Imagine yourself sitting with all your workers in the back of a ballroom, having just finished a sales meeting you put on for a large corporate client of yours. You are happy with how the event turned out, and are relieved to check another one off the list. A few weeks later, you meet with the executives of the company, and they ask what you are going to do differently next year. You don’t have an answer for that because you thought the event went incredibly well. While your event may have surpassed your expectations, you…
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Event Planning Tips
When negotiating with hotels, it is important to fully understand and be able to communicate the value of your group’s business. Tracking historical information goes beyond documenting peak room night pickup and banquet food and beverage spend. These event planning tips will help you make your meeting attractive to hoteliers and result in more favorable contracts. Consider the following event planning tips when planning your next event Do your homework about the market area you are considering – This will effectively arm you with the information you need to confidently present the value of your group. How far out do you typically…
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Crafting a Successful Message
Crafting a Successful Message There are a lot of things to keep in mind when crafting a successful message that will connect with your audience. Over the years, we have found our most successful messaging strategies are manageable, actionable, and measurable. Don’t overwhelm your audience with too much information. Manage your message by picking three main points and concentrating your audience’s attention on those. Your message will be clear and concise. Make sure your message is actionable. What do you want your audience to do? Keep it simple and to the point. Don’t infer or try to get your audience…
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Crowdsourcing Your Social Media Advertising
I am a firm proponent of leveraging social media to spread your message. Why? Because I believe that crowdsourcing is the easiest and most inexpensive way to spread your message or campaign. There are many ways to do this, but this post will focus on using a promotional giveaway. As I touched on in a previous post, we just recently finished up running a Facebook Timeline contest, and used both Facebook ads and participants’ sharing (to crowdsource social media reach) to promote it. Both methods were effective in promoting our message, but had strikingly different results. Facebook Ads The first step…
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Bullet Time GoPro Hero 3
Bullet Time GoPro Hero 3 When we get slow at the office and don’t have much to do, we get bored. When we get bored, we research things. And when we research things, we want to try things that we haven’t before. The most recent thing that we tested out was the “bullet time” effect with a GoPro Hero 3 from the Matrix. After reading a blog post about the matter, the wheels got turning and we dove headfirst into the project. We wanted to create a bullet time effect, but didn’t have dozens of cameras laying around. So went to…
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Event Planning App
Every year, our company starts work on our largest project of the year – an international conference for one of our clients. At this conference, we bring in many of our client’s franchise owners from all over the world, so we want to ensure the event is as enjoyable and useful for the franchise owners as possible. We have discovered that the best way to ensure we are running a successful conference is by listening to our attendees. By listening to them, we gain valuable feedback that enables us to make the most out of both the conference experience and…
