Ten GREAT Ways to Get FIRED Organizing Your Next Company Event!
...a primer on booking live entertainment.
What are you doing under your desk? Oh!--You’re in charge of booking live entertainment for the company party. We understand; it’s not easy. Corporate entertainers run from hokey to high-falutin’, and sometimes it’s hard to tell which is which (or whom is whom, if you live in England.)
Hmmm...Where to begin? Research indicates that the show is what everyone will be talking about—good, bad, or ugly.
You can spend from here to eternity on the venue and the menu, but think about it: do you ever hear people gather around the water cooler saying, “the lighting was just marvelous.” Did you ever show a picture to your co-worker the next day marveling over the appetizers?
...probably not.
Ambience and food are important, but the overall success of your corporate event, convention, trade show or party, depends on the act, and the harmonization of: audience, entertainer, and venue.
There are a million details in between. And if you’re organizing the event, guess whose job the details are?! You may not like it, but the fact that you’re under your desk tells us you know they’re yours. That’s why we’ve compiled this primer after consulting with dozens of human resources managers and special event planners, and working with hundreds of entertainers.
So, if want out from under the desk and right out of a job here are the top ten ways to GET FIRED organizing your next company event!
If you’d rather BE ADMIRED, here’s research and tips for, too.
So c’mon, instead of cowering under your desk, why don’t give yourself the chance to actually enjoy your the event, and make it the most memorable and successful one all year! (And while you’re under there, can you get those paperclips? Thanks.)