I just stumbled across an article about David Tutera being taken to court by his clients for failing to turn up at their wedding. As I read on I discovered that the reason behind this was because his clients didn’t make their final payment. This just reiterates the point I have made previously about needing a water [...]
Both Kylie (my fellow Event Expert) and I are big on brainstorming. We are geographically separated by NSW, but with email, Skype and phone we manage to brainstorm regularly. We also both brainstorm with ourselves and our white boards (oh and a glass of wine and some music in the background). Brainstorming is a key [...]
As I have said many times on this blog, being a wedding planner and running a wedding planning business take two different skill sets. Being a business owner isn’t easy and we all need help to build a better business. If you speak to any really successful business people they have all had a mentor [...]
Finding colour inspiration as a Special Event Planner of any type can be hard, so knowing where to go to check out colour schemes and ideas can be very helpful. I stumbled across a great website last week whilst doing some research for one of our new Academy Wedding Styling Courses. There are many colour websites [...]
Here at Event Experts we are always on the look-out for tools that help you to run your business more professionally and efficiently and this week we have found another software product that can be used by Event Professionals.
ManagEvent is an office and project management solution designed with the Event industry in mind. CEO Chris [...]
Fresh from her stint in the UK as the Sustainability Manager for the producer of Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and working on sustainability issues for Live Earth India and the London Marathon, Meegan Jones has launched her first book in Australia. Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide offers event organisers information on how to [...]
In my role as Director of the Academy of Wedding and Event Planning part of my job is to develop our course materials and to source new products that are relevant to our industry. I love this part of my job as it allows me to set aside legitimate time to find out what is [...]
If you have ever been caught short when it comes to event crew, or worse, been let down by anyone from photographers to hair and make-up artists, you need to add Crew on Call to your list of suppliers.
Crew on Call provides both skilled and non-skilled labour for a range of businesses, including for film [...]
When I first started working as a Wedding and Event Planner I lived and breathed excel spreadsheets and to do lists, which accompanied me to the event I was working on (and any associated planning meetings) in big binders. These binders also housed contracts, contact sheets, brochures and basically anything to do with the event [...]
Welcome back. It is day 6 of our series and I am feeling very happy with myself. I have almost achieved my goal of passing on, what I feel is practical, ‘how to’ advice on the art of setting goals. If you have gone through the steps I have given you so far I expect [...]
