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Practical event planning guides from the real world of events.
10 Steps When You’re New to Event Planning
Planning your first event? Follow these 10 practical event planning steps, from defining your event and budget to suppliers, risk and your run sheet.
Our Favourite Event Templates for New Event Planners
New to event planning? Start with a ready-to-use kit of event planning templates for your brief, timeline, budget, risk assessment and event run sheet.
How to Use ChatGPT in Event Planning
How we use ChatGPT for event planning, from brainstorming creative ideas to marketing, event operations and working with templates.
How to Plan for Weather Risks at an Outdoor Event
It’s a week before your event, and the forecast says rain. Do you cancel? Probably not. But what if it’s predicting severe storms? Here’s how to build weather risk into your event planning
How to Write a Show-Stop Procedure for an Outdoor Event
Learn how to write a show-stop procedure for outdoor events, including safety triggers, team responsibilities, communication, audience messaging and restart planning.
How to Create the Perfect Event Brief and Why It Matters
Learn how to create an event brief, what to include and how it helps define your event objectives, audience, scope, budget and creative direction.
Simple Steps to Build a Strong Event Sponsorship Pitch
Before you write a sponsorship proposal, you need these five steps will help you build the strategy behind your sponsorship pitch before you start writing.
5 Elements of a Winning Event Sponsorship Proposal
Learn how to write an event sponsorship proposal with five essential elements: your event, audience, sponsor value, credibility, and benefits.
DIY Event Decor Ideas on a Budget
Discover practical DIY event decor ideas on a budget, with 30 affordable styling ideas for backdrops, tables, lighting, entrances and more.
3 Things to Take to an Event Site Visit (And Your Laptop Isn’t One)
Discover 3 practical things to take to an event site visit, from a tablet and stylus to a power bank, plus why your laptop may not be the best tool.
Core Event Roles: Who Does What on an Event Team?
Learn the core event planning team roles, what each person is responsible for, and how to decide which roles you need for your event.
Event Strategy vs. Event Brief: What’s the Difference?
Understand the difference between an event strategy and an event brief, what each document does and how they work together in the event planning process.
Step-by-Step Guide for the Event Run Sheet Template
The Event Run Sheet Template gives you a clear, minute-by-minute plan for event day, so nothing slips through the cracks. This guide shows you how to use it.
The 6 Types of Event Sponsorship
The six types of event sponsorship: financial and in-kind support to media, promotional and product partnerships, with practical examples.
Behind the Template: Perfectly Handwritten
I was never interested in creating templates that simply ask you to fill in the blanks. What I kept coming back to was how I could get my 26 years of experience onto the page.
What’s the Difference Between a Vendor and a Supplier?
What’s the difference between an event vendor and a supplier? Here’s a simple guide to the terminology event planners encounter when working with venues, suppliers and contractors
Why Bump-In Is Always Slower Than You Think
No matter how experienced the event planner or how detailed the run sheet, bump-in almost always takes longer than expected. Here's why timelines blow out and how to plan for the unexpected.
10 Event Career Paths and What They Actually Involve
Explore 10 event career paths, from event management and production to marketing, operations, venues and sponsorship, and discover where you might fit.
What Poor Event Timelines Reveal About Our Industry’s Risk Culture
When timelines are rushed or vague, it’s not just poor planning‚ it’s a warning sign about how we manage risk across the industry.
Designing Events with Purpose
Great events don’t just look good. They’re designed with intention. Here’s how to make sure yours has meaning.
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What Happens When the Run Sheet Goes Off Schedule?
Here’s the thing about run sheets: events never go exactly as planned. So, how do you troubleshoot? You don't panic and rewrite the whole plan.
Behind the Template: Perfectly Handwritten
I was never interested in creating templates that simply ask you to fill in the blanks. What I kept coming back to was how I could get years of experience onto the page.