An internship is a great way to learn about a profession, hands on. Quite often I get asked how to get into event planning. My advice is always networking and, for students, event planning internships. There are many types of jobs in event planning. From a student's perspective, an … [Read more...]
Are Event Planning Standards Slipping?
This is the second blog, in a series of three, addressing meeting and event planning industry standards. Our first post dealt with meeting and event planners and how satisfied they were in their jobs. In that article we talked about how happy planners were with various aspects of … [Read more...]
Interview with Eved, the Market Leader in Event Commerce for Event Planning Companies
At Plan An Event one of our main goals is to provide you, the reader, with technology updates for the meetings and events industry. As part of that goal we keep on top of top event planning companies to see what new and improved technologies are being introduced to our industry. So … [Read more...]
What Makes Event Planning Companies Great? One Word, Integrity
Let's face it, there is no shortage of event planning companies. But are they all equal? Of course not. But how do you tell which ones are better than the others? Well sometimes that's not so easy to ascertain at the event planning stage. But by following the advice below, you will be … [Read more...]
Planning an Event? Should You Hire an Event Planning Company?
A lot of meeting planners that I talk to today tell me that, more and more, they are planning their own events. Most of the time the reason they're doing it alone is because of budgets. To use an event planning company, so they tell me, would add to their already tight budgets. But … [Read more...]
