5 Unique Ways to Use a Movie Theater for Events

5 Unique Ways to Use a Movie Theater for Events

  Who doesn’t love going to the movies? Movie Theaters are great venues for many types of events. The best part of the movie theater venue is ease and accessibility. Most areas have a least one theater or two, they are easy to get to and there is ample parking. All...
Avoiding the Blank Stare: Getting Great Speakers for Events

Avoiding the Blank Stare: Getting Great Speakers for Events

  A great speaker can really make an event. Alternately, the not-so-great speaker might bring on the blank stare and daresay a sea of empty seats. Here to get your speaker program in motion are our tried and true tips. Decades of planning conferences and meetings have...
How Has the Sharing Economy Affected Business Events?

How Has the Sharing Economy Affected Business Events?

  Whether we like it or not, the sharing economy is here to stay. Airbnb has just outsized Hilton worldwide checking in at 25 million guests, and the transportation giant Uber has expanded services to over 277 cities across the world. What the sharing economy means...
Is Snapchat Okay for Business Events?

Is Snapchat Okay for Business Events?

This is one of our favorite New Yorker cartoons about Snapchat around the SED offices. It perfectly sums up how many of us feel about this — and many of the — newfangled social media sites. But Pinterest and Instagram are one thing. Snapchat, as the...
10 Ways to Make Attendees Feel Like VIPs

10 Ways to Make Attendees Feel Like VIPs

Give your attendees a luxury experience with VIP event service. With a bit of extra panning and careful attention to detail VIP event service can be worked into every budget. Many of these services simply require forethought and organization yet these small touches...
8 Must-Read Books for Event Professionals

8 Must-Read Books for Event Professionals

  Note: We are not an Amazon affiliate or selling books in any way, but we have included links to Amazon for convenience.   We have put together a well-rounded list of must-read books for event professionals. Some are more text book style treasures while others speak...