Guest Speakers - What should you consider before booking one?
One of the most important questions to ask before you book a guest speaker for your event is What message do you want the speaker to convey to your audience?
Top 5 Tips for finding the right venue for your event
Finding the right venue for your next event need not be a major headache if you follow our 5 Top Tips ....
It will never happen to me! Event Insurance - do I really need it?
How many people in our industry consider Event Insurance? Specialist insurer Hiscox stated that there was a predictable rise in claims for event insurance earlier this year. Despite this, most events were not insured for bad weather at all. Read on for our Top 10 insurance tips ...
The Disability Discrimination Act - Profiting from compliance
As an Event organiser, you know it is the right thing to do, you know you have to do it and you know it makes commercial sense..
10 Commercial reasons to address DDA (Disability Discrimination Act)
7 Top Tips for finding an accessible venue
10 Essential Budget Planning Tips for your Event
Preparing a definitive budget for an event is a challenging task with so many factors to consider, however with the help of our 10 Essential Budget Planning Tips, we hope that the next budget you prepare will be easier to create and pleases the purse holders!
7 Top Tips for a successful Site Inspection visit
Site inspections, or showrounds, serve only one purpose - to ascertain whether a venue is the most suitable venue for your particular event. Below we identify our 7 Top Tips for a successful Site inspection visit:
A Touch Of Sparkle... for Christmas 2009 at Ufton Park
A Touch of Sparkle for Christmas 2009, Celebrate this year at Ufton Park, Reading.Set in a beautifully restored Tithe barn in the grounds of a magnificent Elizabethan Manor House.
6 Top Tips for Hosting a Successful Corporate Golf Day
How to use the "Credit Crunch" to your advantage
How can Red Dragon Events help you benefit from the Credit Crunch? More than ever venues need to retain as much exisiting business as possible whilst continuing to attract new business. There are a number of ways in which this can be used to your advantage:
The Spying Game - How Safe is your conference?
"Eureka" moment at 10.04pm
10.04pm "Eureka" moment may spell the end of the early nights! - 4.33pm is the least creative time of the day; - The shower is found to be the most inspiring space; - Women are better at retaining their creative ideas
Conference Food and its effect on your delegates
Conference food - how does the food you serve effect your delegates?
Referral Incentive Scheme
New - Referral Incentive Scheme! Earn a minimum of £50 Bonus Bond vouchers for every successful referral you provide us over a certain booking value! Plus another £50 worth of bonus bond vouchers to the person you referred us to!
Crash Course in organising a Christmas Party 2008
Christmas parties are often the highlight of the year for many companies. Below we have listed some helpful tips to make sure you have a great time!
Early-Eager or PM Professional
A new report shows tapping into a delegate's natural human rhythms can aid productivity, concentration and retention. The Meeting Minds report by Dr Lawrence Smith, senior lecturer at the Institue of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, applies psychological theory regarding human rhythms, sleep and work scheduling to the meetings industry.
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement - incorporating new technology
Crash Course in Audio Visual
Using the latest technology can be an important tool in getting the message across at your next event. We have identified below some key points to consider when creating the maximum effect from your AV.
Top Tips for Welcoming Guests to your event
Read our Top Tips for Welcoming Guests to your event!
Top Tips for Hosting a Memorable Corporate Golf Day
Golf is considered one of the most important tools in Corporate Entertaining.
10 Top Tips for Holding Greener Meetings
1. Save Paper. Using new media and electronic technology can cut down your paper use.
Golf is still considered one of the most important marketing tools for UK companies, whilst spring time in the UK traditionally sees the start of the Corporate Golf Day season.
However, what Benefit do these companies get from hosting a Corporate Golf Day, after all, you probably want to get a return on your investment of time, effort and money? Here are our top 6 Benefis to hosting a memorable and successful Corporate Golf Day:
1 – Quality time with clients. When else would you get the opportunity to spend valuable time with your existing and prospective clients? At other times of the year, you might only be granted a brief meeting with your clients, however attending a corporate golf day allows you several hours in a relaxed environment to strengthen your relationship with existing clients and the opportunity to convert prospective clients into actual clients. Word of warning though – Don’t overdo the Sales pitch!
2 – Professionalism. By making sure your golf day is run professionally, this re-enforces the service and quality levels of your brand, especially to prospective clients.
3 – Distinguish your company from your competition. Do they thank their existing clients in such a way? Is their golf day as memorable as yours? Make sure that your golf day is the one that your clients and prospective clients want to attend .
4 – Brand exposure and awareness. This is an invaluable opportunity to establish your brands position in the market place. This can be achieved through on course branding (pop-up banners on the golf course and across the grounds), promotional merchandise (golf balls, clothing etc), industry press releases (results announced with a brief report of the day) and company newsletters.
5 – Social Media exposure. Can you put a price on the exposure your brand receives through targeted social media exposure in the lead up to the golf day? Consider setting up a Facebook page, a Twitter profile and a company Blog where invited participants can follow the most recent progress in your preparations. Participants could see who has registered to attend and can contribute to the pages.
6 – Thanking your clients / Client recognition. Corporate Golf days are seen as an important tool in thanking existing clients for their loyalty and business. In a previous occupation, a competitor failed to win one of my clients because amongst other things, they did not hold a corporate golf day for their clients.
Identifying the benefits is one thing, being able to host a memorable Corporate Golf day is another. For useful tips on how to Host a Memorable Golf day, please read here. Fore!
