Welcome to Corporate Event Planning Now
Online Social Event Planning Article
For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Plan for the Event or Flounder
from: ...Rather than being there to eat the food and drink the drinks, planning before attending an event will change your view.
Have you ever attended an event and seen all the people gravitating towards the food and the drinks? That is the first thing people seem to go for. Well, it is natural, especially if you are there alone and do not know anyone. It seems that food and drink are there for comfort. It is really difficult to talk to anyone with a mouthful, so if you can, stay away from the food, but certainly go and get a drink. You can still give your pitch with a drink in hand.
Take a look at your calendar before you head off to one of these events. You will need to know from memory when you are free for a follow-up appointment. This is part of the preparation you need to do before getting there. Then you can make a date and know there is no conflict with other items on your agenda. Nothing is worse than setting an appointment and finding out that you already have scheduled someone else in that time slot. It may seem like a good excuse for a follow up, but it usually does not bode well with a potential client.
You do not want to partake of any conversation that is whining about some guy that can never get anything straight. Just remember that you are at the event for one purpose and one purpose alone - it is not to eat and drink - it is to gain new business relationships and maybe cement some of the existing ones you have. The more visible you are and the more prepared you are, then the more likely someone will want to talk to you. You should also plan on how to get into private conversations without barging in and losing the flow of information.
Have you ever gone to an event and not worn the correct attire? Part of planning an event (seeing who will be attending) is to also research the nature of the event. Does the weather have an effect on who attends? Does the required dress have an effect on where it is held? Who will be leading the event and how are they regarded? What attitude does the event portray? It all comes down to knowing your audience and researching the event before you attend.
Bette Daoust, Ph.D. has been networking with others since leaving high school years ago. Realizing that no one really cared about what she did in life unless she had someone to tell and excite. She decided to find the best ways to get people's attention, be creative in how she presented herself and products, getting people to know who she was, and being visible all the time. Her friends and colleagues have often dubbed her the "Networking Queen". Blueprint for Networking Success: 150 ways to promote yourself is the first in this series. Blueprint for Branding Yourself: Another 150 ways to promote yourself is planned for release in 2005. For more information visit http://BlueprintBooks.com
Online Social Event Planning News
The Water Cooler - Times Online
* It must be champagne corks popping all round down at the Royal Courts of Justice. Sir Igor Judge has received his life peerage after all (see Watercooler August 28) because Downing Street has specially bestowed one, even though it no longer comes ...
Read more...The 'Community Organizer's' New Clothes - Wall Street Journal
ST. PAUL, Minn.--"Community organizer" is to Barack Obama what "war hero" was to John Kerry. To be sure, the analogy is imprecise. After all, Americans know what a war hero is, and the question in 2004 was whether Kerry really was one. It also was ...
Read more...Palin, pregnancy and the pulpit - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sen. Barack Obama took the high road in refusing to answer reporters' questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter Bristol and the girl's decision to marry the father and have the baby. He also drew a distinct boundary line ...
Read more...McCain Team Scrambles to Rescript Show - Wall Street Journal
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Just as he put the finishing touches on the Republican convention, McCain campaign adviser Fred Davis suddenly had to rip up his entire playbook for a last-minute addition to the program's cast of characters: Gustav. Joe Fornabaio ...
Read more...Walk for Parkinson's set for Sept. 27 - Amity Observer
Brett Bassock started planning a walk for Parkinson’s disease when his grandmother’s affliction worsened in January, following the death of her husband. His grandmother, Elaine Fox, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s more than six years ago. Sadly ...
Read more...