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.
You will have spent days even weeks confirming the finer details for your event, but have you though about how you will Welcome Your Guests? Below we reveal some helpful tips to make sure your guests First Impressions are a memorable one for the right reasons! Look at it from the guests perspective - Provide clear maps with detailed instructions of how to reach the venue, including address and postcode, key telephone numbers, parking arrangements and public transport options for major cities. Get them in the Mood! Send some entertainers to your guests offices in the days before the event to generate additional anticipation for the event. Guaranteed to get guests excited and talking about the event before they even arrive. Don't make them wait - make sure there are plenty of staff available to check people in, take their coats and belongings and of course offer them their first drink! "Famous Greeters" - Hire famous Look-a-likes linked to your theme to greet guests as they arrive. Taking this theme further, make sure the pretend paparazzi are on hand to capture the moment and include in your post event communication. Get them in the Swing! - if having a themed event, have stalls of appropriate goodies available for purchase / charity donation, which will enhance the evening. For example, feather boas, hats and gloves for a 1920's event. If you follow some of these tips, you will have taken the first steps towards creating a memorable event which your guests will talk about for years to come. Enjoy!
