August, 2012 | eventjuice

Contract Law for Events Part 1

When you ask the average person what a contract is, the first image that’ll come to mind is a signed formal document. Although this image is not necessarily wrong, it’s not necessarily right either. A contract is any form of legally binding agreement between two people. In order for an agreement to be legally binding, certain conditions must be met. Suffice to say, a formal signed document isn’t a necessity when creating a contract. When you purchase a pint at ...

A Photo Says a Thousand Words

Just the same way we keep email records and paper trails, it is just as important to document your event work photographically. Keeping a photographic record of your achievements can prove extremely fruitful in generating new business and in providing both yourself and your team a base with which to inspire further creativity. Recording the result of long hard months of planning, organising and adhering to challenging client requirements, is extremely satisfactory. It also creates a visual reference for other ...

Event Logistics

Logistics noun (plural) /lō-/ /ləˈjistiks/ logistics, plural 1. The detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies o the logistics and costs of a vaccination campaign 2. The organization of moving, housing, and supplying troops and equipment 3. The aspect of an event that will go to complete hell if planned improperly. Have you ever been en route to an important meeting, making great time and knowing that everything’s falling into place perfectly, only to find yourself ...

Little Touches: Utilizing Craft Blogs to Create Memorable Favors

Choosing favors for your party can be a strange adventure as you navigate the lines between cheap and over-the-top, elegant and quirky, or personal and universally appealing. You want favors that are incredibly related to who you are and what your special day is about, but you want something your guests will love to save. If almonds aren’t your thing, turn to the people who really get out of bed in the morning for quandaries like this one. Craft bloggers ...

5 Strategies for Planning your first Webinar

As technology continues to evolve, so too do the ways in which we interact with and market to our customers. The event field is no different. One of the interesting evolutions we’ve seen recently is events turning entirely digital. Another is the use of digital events prior to a physical event to help sell and increase participation. This is where the webinar comes in: using a technological platform such as GoToMeeting, WebEx or one of the smaller players, you broadcast ...

Site Inspections: Sight Unseen is Not an Option

“Available: charming, cozy, lower-level flat. Walk-out to a shared garden. Bright and cheerful, the space has a lot of character, friendly neighbours.” Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? Do you know what would happen if you rented that living space without going to see it first? You’d find yourself locked into a lease for a dark basement that’s saturated with cat urine; that “shared garden space” is a patch of weeds tucked between two buildings, and the “friendly neighbours” are cockroaches the ...

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