Some corporate events are self-creating. When the CEO decides that her new vision for Delta-level Teamplay Synergies needs to be promulgated throughout the corporate metasphere, there has to be an event. When the technological demands of the customer base exceed

We here at Design Group have a lot of props. I mean a lot of props. Our props take up warehouses. Plural. We have more props than Scrooge McDuck has gold coins. Do you know what people say about our

One of the most annoying misconceptions the typical American holds, at least when it comes to the life of an event planner (or those closely allied with event planner, like the experts here at Design Group), is the association of

All right! You’re done with the almost-entirely-mental part of the event planning process (as per last week’s post). Time to bring all of this abstraction back down to the level of concrete reality. Step Six: Make It All Concrete Thus

There quite a few theories about how to go about planning a big event, but one thing that every expert agrees upon is the steps necessary to plan an event — and what order those steps need to come in.

It’s HOT! It’s so hot, that just about all we can think about is the heat…which, at Display Group, means we think about events and the poor people trying to put them on in the heat. So if we’re stuck

When it’s time for a special event, be it corporate or personal or an association event or something, at least part of the goal is to create a lasting impression on your guests. The more details of your event hit

You’ve probably been to some number of corporate events…and chances are, you don’t remember anything about any of them except a fuzzy notion of a dark room, an over-excited man on stage, and some uncomfortable chairs. If you’re the one

Oftentimes, when we’re planning an event, some things just get skimmed over — “We need 154 chairs,” the notes say, but nothing about the kind of chairs (except maybe ‘folding’ or ‘barstools’). But any experienced event planner will tell you