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Starting your Event Planning Journey and Event Planning Ideas

 

 

So, you are in charge to make an event successful.  How do you do that?  Most events are planned by someone who has no experience in event planning.  They usually work another full-time job and have been assigned the project of setting up a party.  As a first time buyer you are going to need as much information as possible.  Remember your event is only going to happen once.  You will not get a second chance. 

There are a lot of ideas you can choose when planning an event.  You will notice on our site the many options to choose from.  Unless if you are a professional event planner; I would not steer far away from the sample agenda below.

The following is an example of an agenda you may use. This agenda is for most evening corporate events where a dinner is served:

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Social Hour/Mingle/Appetizers/Guests Arrive
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm – Dinner
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Entertainment/Speech/Awards
8:00 pm to End of Party – Entertainment Continues/End

Entertainment is important and usually overlooked. To have a successful event it is best to hire professional entertainment to add to your party. You can view a plethora of professional entertainers at www.eventplanningonline.com

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Begin by choosing the type of entertainment you are looking for?

Acrobats (45 to 90 min. shows)Acrobats for mobile or stationary performances.
Auctioneers (Per Set or Per Hour)M.C.'s, online, or mobile
Balloon Artists (1 hour increments, with an average of 40-110 balloons/hour)
Caricaturist (1 hour increments, with an average of 30-60 caricaturists/hour) Airbrush
Celebrity Look-alikes (30-90 minute shows, or Walk-around/Hour increments.)John Wayne, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Bill Cosby and many others.
Clowns (30-90 minute shows, or Walk-around/Hour increments.)
Comedians (15-90 minute shows) Stand-up, Comedy sports, corporate, Emcee
Costume Characters Santa, Holiday Characters, Purple Dino, Blue Dog, Frosty, Easter Bunny, etc.
Disc Jockey's, D.J.'s (1/2 hour increments) Background music, Interactive, Mobile
Elvis Impersonators (15-90 minute shows) stationary, or a walk-around act
Emcees (Per Set or Per Hour) Comedy, Auctioneer, Corporate, Private.
Face Painters (1 hour increments, with an average of 30-45 faces per hour)
Fire Dancer/Eaters (30-90 minute shows) Luau's
Fortune Tellers (1 hour increments, with an average of 15-20 people/hour) Palm, Tarot
Handwriting Analysts (1 hour increments, with an average of 15-20 people/hour)
Hypnotists (30-120 minute shows) Comedy Shows, Stage Hypnosis Shows, Customized, Themed, Professional Performances.
Ice Sculptors Small, or Large, Customized, or many to choose from.
Inflatables (1 hour rental increments) Moonbounce, Sumo Outfits, Spacewalk, Bounce Castle.
Jugglers (30-90 minute shows, or Walk-around/Hour increments.)
Karaoke (1 hour increments, with an average of 15 songs/hour)
Magicians (15-90 minute shows, or Walk-around/Hour increments.) Comedy, Themed
Mimes (15-90 minute shows, or Walk-around/Hour increments.)
Palm Readers (1 hour increments, with an average of 15-20 people/hour)
Puppet Shows (15-60 minute shows) stationary with staging.
Robots (1 hour increments, walk-around)
Singing Telegrams (1-60 minute shows) Comedy, Themed, Custom
Speakers (15-90 minute performances) Education, Training, Seminars, etc.
Stilt Walkers (1 hour increments walk-around) Parade's, Grand Opening's, etc.
Unicyclists (1 hour increments walk-around) Parade's, Grand Opening's, etc.
Ventriloquists (15-90 minute shows, or Walk-around/Hour increments.) Comedy, Themed
Wax Hands (1 hour increments stationary)

 


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