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Every company celebrates something every year. Sometimes, it is just an annual year day, sometimes it is a major achievement, sometimes it a retreat and sometimes it is just pure PR at work for some fast and focused publicity. When you are looking for a venue for corporate events or team building events you would need to check out the following main features:

1. Seating space - Corporate events often follow meetings that involve a huge number of employees and stake holders. Does your chosen venue offer enough space for proper sitting arrangements? Whether it is for 100 or 500 people, you need to ensure that the sitting arrangements are comfortable and looking good as well.

2. Adequate arrangements for presentations and official video-conferencing and discussions. Many corporate events are a culmination of annual review meetings or celebrations for a closed deal. The meetings that come before the entertainment would need LED projectors, large screens, computer adaptability and video-conferencing and so on. Do you think the place you chose has all it takes for a large-scale meeting?

3. Stage, light and sound effects - Do you have enough power on stage? At any corporate events you are likely to have plenty of announcements, dancing, programs, fun and the like. Is there adequate space and arrangements that would take care of all these? Is the stage adequate? Are the sound and light effects arrangements cool enough for your type of event?

4. Dancing and dining arrangements - People who party need to dance as well. After the meeting is over, they would like to let their hair down and have fun. If these enough space for all that? Is there a dedicated dancing floor for young at heart people who love to dance and have fun?

5. Is the venue cost-effective - Once upon a time, these arrangements were taken care by hotels. Today, there are special event managers who offer their space for specific events. Is the quote you received reasonable? To find out, you need to compare prices not only with your budget but also with all the event houses in the region and surrounding areas. A comparison chart would help you get a feel of the market price and also guide you about how much would you expect for your best suited facility.

Besides all the above, one of the most critical factors in favor of booking a certain facility is the way the staff behave. Are they staff trained and well-mannered? Do they know how to take care of the guests, presentations, program and dining?

It is very important that you book a facility where the manager is a person who solves problems and not makes problems. You will have to rely on their service and their collaboration with your company to ensure that the event will unfold without any mishap.

If you find that the staff is not up to the mark, either inform the manager and work it out, or look for another venue. The service by the staff is paramount to the success of any event.

Food is always an essential ingredient in every event and party. Events such as weddings, corporate events, family reunions or baby showers all need to have food around. In fact, when we attend an event, we will usually look forward to eat some delicious food, whether it is snacks or a full-course meal. So instead of preparing the food yourself, you can hire a food catering company to help you take care of your food requirements.

A catering service can be very helpful with taking some of the stress off you during an event. A good caterer will take care of everything such as the preparation of food and drink, dining area set up, decorations, and the clearing up of the dining area after the event.

Now, let me share with you some simple tips so that you are better prepared and your caterer will be able to execute your plan accordingly:

1. Finalizing on the location, date and time of the event. These are very important information and you must let your caterer know way before the event. Especially for the location, the caterer needs to visit the ground so as to get himself familiar with the site layout. So make sure that your caterer is comfortable with the location in advance.

2. Setting your catering budget. One way to decide your catering budget is to ask yourself how important the role of food and drink will play at your event. Are you intending to provide a sit-down dinner or a buffet for your guests? Do you want your food to match a particular theme of your event? These are the things that you need to get into consideration before deciding how much money you are going to allocate for food catering. It is also important to know how many guests are attending your event. By catering the right amount of food, you can save yourself some money and cut down on food wastage.

3. Planning with your caterer. You need to brief your caterer on the things that you expect him or her to do during the event. Also find out whether your caterer provides other services such as site decoration. Many catering services today provide a full event planning. Check with your caterer if they provide a full event planning. If so, usually they will provide you with a brochure with the service details.

So whether you are planning a corporate event or a simple birthday party for 20 close friends, let a catering company helps you with the task of food requirements and set up. Spend your time sweating on other details of the event!

Profitable business is every entrepreneur's ticket to real success. The entrepreneur's career ladder always begins with an idea and then followed by selling that idea to the market. There is no shortcut to entrepreneurship. It is a continuous process. Every aspiring entrepreneur must learn, execute and study more the market that he wants to deal with. Selling products and services is business yet an entrepreneur has to exert more efforts in order to win and achieve the stability, profitability and dominance among competitors. The world of business is very challenging much more when business these days are beginning to welcome the modern marketing methods and systems of improving sales. Almost every company has its corporate office other than their main factory. Usually located on high rise buildings in major cities of every country, these offices aim to observe best practices on the Supply Chain Management (SCM) and as well as establish excellent Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

What's Happening Inside the Corporate World?
We all know the rules of business. From the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) going down to the lowest rank employee in terms of job role, the primary goal of every company or corporation is to deliver products and services that will give satisfaction to the customers to the highest level. Work, jobs, projects, issues, problems, delays and brain storming sessions are in between these two business operation end points. Oftentimes, we observe from the top news on TV, the internet, the newspapers and the media press conferences that business critics, economists and market analysts are discussing the latest moves of the company CEO and top executives. One company acquires this company. Two companies merge together. Sometimes, it's the bad news; a company files for bankruptcy. This is becoming a routine in the world of business or technically, the corporate world. Not all companies succeed. The competition is always there and it is always a challenge for every company to deliver their best moves in order to win the customers.

The Truth About Supply Chain Management
When it comes to the supply chain in business, there are three key performance indicators that dictate the game of winning and losing. They are the cost of products and services, the cycle time in delivering these products and services to the customers, and the quality that if delivered with excellence will make every customer happy. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is defined by Wikipedia as "the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customer in a supply chain". The meaning is clear; it has something to do with managing the customer's needs. That is actually the purpose of entrepreneurship. The entire corporate world is battling for clients. And if we establish that link of one business operation to the other inside a company, there is no reason to say that they are not interconnected. Therefore, the failure of one process could mean the breakage of the chain and absolutely the failure to supply to the customers what they need at the right cost, at the fastest lead time and the highest quality.

SCM is About Winning the Market
We can relate SCM to the Law of Supply and Demand. The price of any commodity is dependent on the quantity produced and the quantity demanded. When a certain price becomes fixed on a given time, the competition among suppliers becomes stiffer because customers have the option to choose on where to buy the products or services that they want. The SCM is very much dependent on this law; reason why corporate executives always want their SCM team to be more sensitive to the movement in the market. Whenever there is a need for adjustment, it will be dealt with accordingly and timely until a final winning decision is made. This is why many companies and corporations invest a lot on acquiring best talents on SCM. Business analyst, financial consultant, and SCM specialist; their role is to help the company survive the competition and in whatever business way, win the market.

Excellent Supplier Relationship will Improve Profitability
One effective way of winning the market is to strengthen the company's supplier relationship. In fact, this is always the starting point of every company's SCM operation. From acquisition of raw materials, consumable items, new machines, or even services that will help deliver products and services to the customers, supplier will do it all for the company being their customer. If your suppliers are showing poor scores on these three key performance indicators, then it will surely affect your entire operation. Therefore, it should be your SCM's goal of ensuring that suppliers are in line with your main business objective - profitability for success.

It is fast approaching that time of year when many Event Planners, PAs, Marketing Assistants and many other unfortunate souls are feverishly planning their company or client Xmas function. This can be a somewhat daunting task if it is one you have never been faced with before. If last years event was a corker then you have to at the very least reach that standard and the pressure is immense. So how do you avoid all the pitfalls?

Well, this isn't any magical formula that will make this task any easier - if there was and it was that easy event planners would be out of a job. There are however some tricks of the trade that make it a little easier. Rather than talk to you about the intricacies of planning an event I want to talk to you about how to ensure your guests enjoy the event.

An event, no matter what it is, is all about the experience. Any event that you go to should be an experience. You want to be able to use all 5 of your senses. You need to put yourself in your guests shoes and see the event, hear the event, taste the event, touch the event and smell the event. Only when you have done these 5 things will you have truly had the experience.

We all want our Xmas event to be memorable and research has shown that when all the senses are stimulated our memory of the event is always so much more superior. So, when planning your Xmas event ask yourself - are my guests really getting the full sensory experience?

Let's start with the strongest sense - smell. This sense has the strongest effect on our memory. Even to this day the smell of freshly baked bread catapults me back to my childhood, coming in from school on a Wednesday afternoon and seeing my Mum bringing freshly baked bread out of the oven. The memory is as strong today as it was then over twenty something years ago.  So if you are having a Arabian theme night remember to light some incense candles before the guests arrive to really put them in the mood and spark that all important sense

Sight is a harder one. We are used to seeing a lot of things and being almost flooded with options to look at, so whatever we provide our guests with visually, we need to make sure it is relevant and eye catching. Try and find a focal point in the room that people's eyes are going to be drawn to naturally and use this as your main feature. That way you don't have to work too hard to get people's attention. The stage is a great natural focal point and one planners forget about all too often. I did a winter wonderland theme night once for a corporate Xmas party and we ran the Narnia theme throughout it. I needed a WOW factor that would act as my focal point so I used a synthetic ice rink in the middle of the room. It worked a treat. When guests arrived I had two professional skaters performing on the ice to some Strauss waltzes dressed as old fashioned skaters with hand muffs. Using some good lighting we recreated the effect of falling snow onto the ice and the scene was set - there was my focal point.

Sound is similar to sight - our ears are used to having to filter on a regular basis so what we offer needs to be relevant and possibly give that element of surprise to make it memorable. Let's use the winter wonderland event as an example again. The venue we used was a barn so we were able to create a wardrobe effect for guests to walk through as they entered. Once inside they walked down an avenue of stripped Pea lit birch trees and at the end was the White Witch holding a tray of turkish delight. Now this was all very normal and quite in keeping with the theme of the event, but once all of the guests had come through all of a sudden the room plunged into darkness and all you could hear was a blood curdling scream. The lights came back on again straight away to reveal the White Witch standing menacingly over a dwarf with a silver dagger in her hand. The element of surprise was what made this sound memorable.

Taste is one that often gets overlooked. Just because you aren't the caterer doesn't mean that you can forget about the taste. Let's go back to my Narnia theme again. At one side of the synthetic ice rink was a man with a roast chestnut booth offering guests bags of hot chestnuts. It was the perfect way to incorporate taste into the event experience. 

Finally we have touch. As well as the visual your guests need the tactile experience as well. We'll stay with the Narnia event again for this. This time we are looking at the tables. I could have just used normal white linen on the tables, but instead I used a crushed white velvet that had the appearance of snow on the tables. The texture of this was very different from a normal tablecloth. At each place setting was a small silver envelope. Inside was an invite to each guest to join the White Witch for some ice skating after the meal. So with just two very small elements I had incorporated touch within my event by getting the guests touching the tablecloth and opening their invites. Both adding greatly to the overall experience.

Hopefully you can see how by using all 5 senses and letting your guests experience their event you should be well on your way to creating an event that is not only successful but memorable for all the right reasons.

Church conferences are not mere faith based events. These are full-fledged, informative events that are organized by churches in order to enlighten their members on topics related to healthcare, finance, personal growth strategies and skill enhancements. Many conferences are women centric that are hosted to encourage women to develop self confidence and experience personal growth. Renowned speakers share their expertise, knowledge and insights into areas that have immense social significance. Organizing such an event takes time and a lot of preparation. An online event management solution can simplify this task by streamlining numerous administrative jobs.

Churches mostly host all day Saturday or weekend conferences that usually begin on Friday nights. Several classes and workshops are conducted throughout the weekend and are interspersed by short session breaks. Each of these sessions is attended by many members from different walks of life and with different interests. Hence, while planning a church conference a separate registration system should be in place for each sub event, so that managing the entire process is more methodical. However, with an online event management solution handling registrations is not at all a complicated affair.

Online registration and payment management

The software application comes with a series of pre-built templates in order to design the registration form. One just needs to customize the selected template with the Church's name, logo, event information, and pricing details to come up with a complete conference registration form which can then be uploaded on the internet to be accessed by all the members and non-members at any time during the day. As they fill up the form they are required to pay a registration fee towards event participation. The online registration software enables them to do that by paying via a number of online and offline payment gateways all conforming to standard security guidelines. Church authorities can keep a track of these transactions in real-time with the help the online payment management platform which is an extension of the event management solution.

Communication via bulk email messaging

Communicating with the members of a church prior to a conference is not an easy task. The sooner it is started the better. However, resorting to postal communication may result in delaying the entire process, and costs incurred may also be high. By availing an online event management solution both these issues can be dealt with effectively. The software application comprises of a robust email messaging tool. It can be used to send out bulk email invitations, notifications, and newsletters in an automated manner thereby saving cost and time simultaneously.

Conference promotion via social media

Promoting a church conference is a must so that maximum people get to know about it and benefit from the workshops and trainings to be held. The easiest way to reach out to the masses is by promoting the conference via social networks. Today most people are social media addicts; so, once they come to know about such an event, they make it a point to visit the online registration page and sign up subsequently. A church authority can popularize their conference this way by investing in a social media connector separately in addition to the online event registration solution. They can even build and maintain a private community network with the help of its member management solution to further generate interest amongst its members about the conference.

Online event registration software provides many other facilities. On availing these services any church conference management procedure becomes really simplified and absolutely hassle-free.

Event management jobs require you to have many skills. Planning and arranging different events can be a lot harder than you might think. You have to be able to work on your own and meet deadlines. You should also have very good communication skills because when you plan a large event you will be talking to many different people in order to get the event organized before the deadline.

If the event you happen to be planning is a wedding then you will probably spend a good deal of time on the phone with a lot of different people from florist to caterers. When you plan a wedding you may have to deal with these people for quite a while depending on how far away the wedding is scheduled.

You will be the one responsible for making sure the flowers arrive on time and in good condition. You will also be the one responsible for making sure the food ordered from the caterer is at the reception on time and is in fact the right food the couple requested.

It is also important that an event manager know how many people to expect for the event they are planning. It does not matter what type of event it is the planner has to know how many people will be attending so they know how many seats to arrange for, if food is being served they have to know how much food to have prepared. So you see event management jobs are not all fun and games.

There is in deed quite a bit of work involved. At times you may even be responsible for planning several different events at one time. If you are thinking about getting in to this field of work it may be a good idea to try to find work with someone already in the field. This can help you get experience and a good reference for your future employers.

Some people that work in event management are wedding planners, sports event planners, and even business planners. A business planner will plan events for the company they work for from meetings and learning seminars to grand openings events for the company. There is many opportunities in this line of work. However it is probably best to do something you enjoy.

If you prefer to work in a business environment then working for a business planning their events is probably more your speed. Most companies hire from within the company for this job so their are not very many advertisements for this kind of work.

If you like to work with new people and do different things then you may want to plan weddings or fashion shows. Weddings and fashion shows need event planners and this will give you a chance to meet many new people and do a lot of different things. If you want to work planning weddings this could be something you could do as a side job from home or a part time job. You could also work full time from home or rent an office. If you can not afford this you could work for another wedding planner.

Are you looking for an error-free way to manage your conference registration process? Online registration can solve your problem. Normally, the conference organizer needs to keep a track of several processes. These include attendee registration, payment status, schedules of breakout sessions, workshops, vendor display area, meals, network activities, and so on. Online registration services streamline the entire procedure and enhance your attendee experience.

With web-based registration services for conference, you can reduce back office workload considerably, which saves your time as well as money. Here are some of the benefits of using conference registration software for managing your corporate conferences.

Create Customized Registration Page within Minutes

Online conference registration allows your attendees to do away with the concerns of signing in manually for the program by creating a registration page within minutes. If required, organizers can customize the page by adding an attractive banner or a logo to create a brand identity. In addition, you can customize it by putting multiple input fields and questionnaires. Besides, as the procedure is Cloud-based, you do not need to add any additional hardware or software device to use it. Your attendees can sign up 24x7, only if they have a computer with access to the internet.

Error-free Management of Registrant Data

Automated conference registration helps to keep track of all the details of an attendee as soon as he completes signing up. You do not need to put any data manually to update the database. You can also retrieve any data, when required, through a standard web browser interface. Besides, the attendee data and registration pages can also be accessed 24x7 online. Automated update and retrieval systems allow you to create reports including registrations, attendees, sales, and reports at no additional cost.

Effective Online Ticketing System

Simple and hassle-free online ticketing system enhances attendee experience. Your attendees can get tickets online as soon as they make payments. In addition, this payment can be made at their own convenience. Ticketing system online enhances your ticket sales and ROI considerably. Moreover, you can sell tickets for multiple conferences from a single platform, if you use online registration services.
Easy Payment Management

Registration software today comes with many advanced features, such as a PCI-compliant solution and others. It offers secured and real-time authorization of payments. Implementing online registration system allows you to process payments through all major credit cards and online gateways, such as PayPal, purchase orders, and checks. Organizers can also use their merchant account to collect payments through PayPal, PayFlow Pro, Authorize.Net, PayPal Express, and CyberSource gateways.

To make your conference successful, implement conference registration software today.

When a firm first considers the pursuit of planning there are a large amount of chances that present themselves. With corporate planning you would display your appreciation to your affiliates that would optimistically impact employee morale leading to an increase in efficiency.

With planning you can create an occasion that would show your appreciations to your investors that will help bring recognition to them and improve your opportunities of continuing to obtain the advantages of your financial investors. You can even utilise them to develop which focuses on your regular clients and helps in helping them feel appreciated so that they continue to bring business to your company.

With all of the advantages that could be achieved with it, its crucial that you make sure you have done all that you could to make sure these have a optimistic effect. The biggest mistake that companies make regarding an occasion is found with their choice of the planner. Most businesses look in-house to accomplish their demands as an effort to decrease their expenses connected to it.

While an in-house inexperienced event planner may offer you with short term savings possibilities, the long term ramifications would turn out to be a much larger expenditure because of these individuals' inexperience. An amateur event planner will not be familiar with the event planning market that could lead to high costs from the vendors they'll utilise to meet your event needs.

When your company is utilising corporate event planning, one of the best first steps you could take is to look into the services offered by a specialist event planner. The field of corporate event planning exists as a result of the several demands that are created within this field. With a specialized event planner you will be hiring a person with a great knowledge of how corporate events work and what to expect if some thing does not happen as intended.

The experience that is obtained by a professional event planner won't only assist a corporation in planning, but will also be a helpful tool when identifying the finest vendors for your event. Experienced event planners have worked with the greatest and the worst in the corporate event planning industry and would be able to provide you with the greatest services by making use of only the best corporate event planning vendors.
With all of the benefits that are connected with a professional event planner it only makes sense for a firm to utilise this experience to benefit from their event.

If you have planned an event earlier then you might have noticed that it leaves you tired and most of the time you are not able to enjoy it. Instead of you doing all the work and tiring yourself out, you can use the services of an event planner Bay Area to make your event a success.

There are many things which has to be considered when you want to take service from an event management company in Bay Area. Here is a quick look about the basic aspects of event management which need to be looked at.

Venue: Venue is very much considered when you want to throw a party. If the venue is elegant people will definitely appreciate you and they will enjoy being your guests. So make sure that the venue chosen by you is the best one to attract people and at the same time is quite comfortable for all the invitees. The event management companies will give you the freedom of choice to select from various venues.

Catering: Food is an integral part of any party. So make sure that you choose a menu that will delight your guests. I believe if the food is awesome then half of the event is successful as it is also considered as the essence of life. Also keep in mind that it is according to your budget. There are many event planners in Bay Area that offer excellent food at affordable rates.

Decoration: Decoration or lighting is also an important part which cannot be ignored. If your party venue is decorated well then it adds elegance to the atmosphere. Beautiful lighting gives a mesmerizing touch to the surroundings and is always appreciated. When you consider decoration it is just impossible to ignore flowers. Floral decoration is a must for each and every party. So take service from such an event planning company which is renowned and gives an elegant touch of decoration to the party.

Many event planning companies in the Bay Area provide services in weddings such as wedding DJ's, wedding decor, wedding menus, wedding venues, floral, imprinted gifts and much more. So make sure that you are using the services of a company which is capable of providing the best service. Look for a company which is able to understand your needs and is also affordable. Spending too much on a planner is just not worth it since there are a number of planners out there who offer their services at affordable rates. This will definitely leave you all fresh and free of all worries of planning the perfect event.

Every year, the real estate industry organizes several national and local real estate seminars and conferences. Executives throng in large numbers at these events to learn how to manage complex projects and successfully grow their real estate business.

If you want to attend any of these seminars, you first have to register your name with the organizers. It sometimes becomes a tiresome job to visit the organizer's office personally to enroll names. In such a situation, an online registration system comes in handy. It is an ideal, time-saving application for event organizers at all levels.

Ease of Use

The online registration system is easy to use and does not require any hardware or software to install. It is extremely cost-effective, as no additional charges are incurred as well.

Quick Creation

The registration pages can be easily created in just a few minutes! Real estate seminar organizers will also get the opportunity to create one or more registration pages as required.

Group Registration Possible

Another advantage of using the online registration solution is that it allows a person to register and pay for a group of people simultaneously.

Complete Customization

The computer-based registration service is highly customizable and allows the participants to change any information even after the completion of the registration process. The registrants too can add any last minute detail to the register at their convenience.

Flexible Pricing Options

The web-based registration system comes with flexible pricing options. You can set the event ticket prices depending on your visitor types, such as children, teenager, or adult. Event organizers can also set "early-bird prices" and promo codes to attract more attendees to the seminar.

The online registration software also comes in handy during the time of payment. This is because it allows the use of Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover credit card to pay online.These Cloud-based solutions also support substitutions and complete or partial payments and refunds based on extensive transaction management.You can stay updated with real-time registration notifications and can also export registration data by using the online registration software for the real estate seminars. Online registration is very simple, as no physical presence is needed for sign-up.

This computer-based registering service lets you create an unlimited number of questions with responses by selection lists, multiple-choice items, or free-form text entry basis.

Events planners can customize the pages to bring the look and feel of their organization's website. They can embed different graphics and logo onto the registration page. You can even use the global settings template to find a theme to go with the look and feel of your personal website.