15 Nov The Tell-All Guide to Advocacy Days
When member-based organizations or corporations want to raise their visibility on Capitol Hill and build great champions for their cause, one of the best methods for doing so is to...
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01 Nov 3 Ways to Make Experiential Training Stick
Employers are always looking for ways to make their employee-development and corporate training efforts worth the investment. For years, those efforts have included taking training offsite in order to create...
11 Oct The SPARK℠ Model
Events spark change. Whether an event planner's goal is to train a team, share a new idea, build product demand, or enhance relationships with stakeholders, every event’s desired outcome is...
03 Oct The Value of Learning by Doing
When it comes to corporate training, business owners often worry that the result will be little more than time away from the desk for many employees. The concern is that...
06 Sep What Do Corporate Events Cost? Track Your Budget As You Go
When designing an event, there are a considerable number of costs to consider. Regardless of the size of the event, it’s important to manage costs to help ensure a successful...
21 Aug Designing an Event? Ask These 7 Questions
When designing an event, it’s important to spend some time considering what you want to achieve. That should be top of mind when considering all the aspects of an event,...
07 Aug Want to Make an Impact with Your Event? Start by Defining Your Purpose
It’s a little surprising the number of people that build meetings and events without a clear mission or purpose. Many of them have the mindset that an annual event should...
24 Jul When It Comes to Events, Bigger Isn’t Always Better
There is wonderful power in events. But that power isn’t dictated by size-- it’s determined by how meaningful the event was to participants. People often think that an event has...
21 May Want to Create a Memorable Event? Think: 5 Senses
Remember the last time you entered a room filled with a familiar scent and suddenly a warm, pleasing memory washed over you? Maybe it was an outdoorsy smell that reminded...
11 May Inhospitable Hospitality
Recently, our DC area event planning team hosted an event at a venue with a less-than-pleasant contact. Actually, that’s putting it mildly. Throughout planning of the event, the venue contact...