by marygrace | Jan 18, 2019 | Event Management
Event promotion requires enough lead time to create interest. Its also important to use more than one method to communicate the event message since people differ in their communication preferences. Marketing your event to generate awareness is half the battle to...
by marygrace | Sep 27, 2018 | Event Management
Emergency preparedness, like flossing, is something that all event planners know they need but always seems to be an afterthought. The consequences of not planning for an emergency can be steep if something goes wrong. “Something terrible happened” is not how you...
by stevenc | Jul 30, 2018 | Event Management
This is how it feels when you need to sell tickets and you don’t already have a website set up. Or, you have a website, but making changes isn’t simple. Don’t feel constrained. You can sell tickets without a website. In less than an hour you’ll be selling tickets...
by stevenc | Jul 23, 2018 | Event Management
When planning online registration and ticket sales, you may be tempted to include an option for payment by check. Payment by check is a bad idea for several reasons. A key drawback of check payments is the delay and additional manual work they create, but there are...
by stevenc | Jul 23, 2018 | Event Management
There are many good reasons why we all stopped using film cameras. You had to wait to get results, there were a lot of manual steps and you never knew if you got the picture till later, after processing. Check payments for registration are the same way! Payments by...
by stevenc | Jul 9, 2018 | Event Management
We had the opportunity to sit down with Jeannie Maidens, Coordinator at the Municipality of Port Hope this week to learn about how she plans her community events. Jeannie runs monthly events throughout the year and has modernized her event planning process using the...
