Articles Index

How to Hire an Event Planner

Whether you're looking to hire someone to plan a a family event or to handle your meetings and seminars, keep these steps in mind when hiring an event planner.

How To Approach Writing Formal Invitation Letters and Materials for Meetings

How to for writing formal invitation letters and materials to a variety of events, including incentive trips, meetings, conferences and more.

How To Build a Basic Event Budget

Building a basic event budget doesn't have to seem overwhelming. This "how to" will help event planners stay organized with documenting and categorizing expenses.

How To Narrow Event Space Venues for Your Event

Considerations for choosing the right venue for a successful event include timing, location, facilities, catering, service, budget and management preference. And unless logistics and time absolutely prevent it, every event planner should conduct a site inspection before contracting any venue.

How To Plan a Successful Business Meeting at a Golf Course

Event planners will find themselves organizing one or more golf meetings each year, so it's helpful to follow some helpful guidelines to ensure a great outing every time.

How To Plan Corporate Baseball Outings

One of the best ways to build relationships with customers and employees is to bring them to a baseball game. The key to successful event planning for a baseball event is to plan early.

How To Evaluate Each Venue

A basic site selection checklist will help event planners make sure that a venue in consideration is both appropriate and capable of meeting your needs. Keep this list and your priorities nearby for site visits: amenities, facilities, equipment, technology, catering, other services.

How To Negotiate with a Hotel

As hotel sales continues to increase costs for guest rooms, meeting space and catering services, how can event planners negotiate the best deal?