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5 Soft Skills Needed to Be a Great Event Planner

by Kelly Harris | Sep 30, 2015 | 4 comments

Updated: January 11, 2017 Soft skills are an event planner’s best friend. For those who haven’t heard this term, “soft skills” refers to your non-tangible, non-quantifiable skills – things like your personality, etiquette, how you get...

How To Deal With Event No-Shows

by Holly Jacoby | Jul 15, 2015 | 0 comments

When organizing an event, no-shows are a major concern. Not only can they affect the overall budget but can decrease profits as well. Statistics in this article, reveal that there is a ten percent no-show rate for paid events and a fifty percent no-show rate for...

5 Essential Items to Have for Successful Conferences

by Jenn Stafford | Jul 8, 2015 | 0 comments

Corporate conferences and events are rapidly gaining popularity and are becoming mainstream in the professional world. In a study by the Labor Board of Statistics, it was discovered that the presence of conventions and events will show a forty-four percent increase...

7 Elements that Make for a Great Corporate Party

by Holly Jacoby | Jul 1, 2015 | 0 comments

Creating a fabulous corporate party that will keep your guests raving requires planning and resourceful use of vendors and products. Many companies are turning towards corporate parties to network and build customer relationships. According to this study the meeting...

Improve Your Event Planning Skills with These 10 Tools

by Brandon | Jun 25, 2015 | 1 comment

Leading events with other event planners offers great networking and learning opportunities. You’re probably wondering what the best ways to become a successful event planner are. Luckily there are a few tools that dramatically help many of the top planners out...

Event Planning Job Description and Responsibilities

by Kelly Harris | Jun 19, 2015 | 0 comments

(Reading time: 6 minutes) As an event planner, there are specific activities you are generally responsible for when planning high-end events. According to this study, by the United States Department of Labor, event planners coordinate all aspects of professional...

Components of a Successful Business Plan

by Holly Jacoby | Jun 2, 2015 | 0 comments

Write out your business goals, reasons they are attainable and your plan for reaching them! This is what a business plan is. As someone who is about to start a business (you), I recommend you do this even if it is on one page. By formulating a step-by-step process to...

Why Event Planning Internships are so Important

by Kelly Harris | Jun 24, 2013 | 1 comment

Internships are a nice bridge between the world of education and the working world. By participating in an internship, you are able to experience what it is like working in a specific industry. This experience can be very beneficial to your career further down the...

How to Find an Event Planning Job (5 Tips)

by Holly Jacoby | May 4, 2013 | 0 comments

While finding a job can be difficult at times, it is important that you stay persistent and keep submitting resumes. If you start to get discouraged with your search, take extra time to analyze your resume and make sure you are submitting the best possible...

How to Plan the Ultimate New Year’s Eve Party

by Sarah Osman | Dec 13, 2012 | 1 comment

Updated: December 2016 You’ve sent out your holiday cards, you’ve put up your decorations, the snow is falling… it’s nearly time for a new year! This year, instead of hitting the town for a major New Year’s celebration, why not have a spectacular bash...

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