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What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work?

Have you ever wondered what truly motivates you to work? What are the underlying psychological principles that keep us going to work every day? In the TED video “What makes us feel good about our work?,” Dan Ariely discusses what key factors…

COVID-19 makes challenging times for Event Heroes

Nine Ways (Beyond the Obvious) for Event Planners to Adapt to COVID-19

Motivation

This blog and my social media stream are filled with helpful guidance for event planners. Recent posts here have covered topics like how to choose an event theme, how to use networking to build your event planning business, how to pick the ideal…

How To Choose an Event Theme

Event Themes

Does your event have a theme? Well, it most likely does, even though you might say you don’t want or need one. Okay, it may not an obvious theme like a 70’s disco or a Hawaiian luau, but all events have a theme or some underlying message…

The Biggest Change Event Planners Will Need to Deal With in 2020: Will Curran Interview

Event Trends

What's the biggest change that will affect event planners in 2020? That's the question we put to Will Curran recently. Will is the founder of event production company Endless Events, co-host of three event industry podcasts, and a partner…

10 Essential Business Practices for the Self-Employed

Business Coaching

Here are 10 valuable business practices I’ve learned over years of owning and operating businesses. These little tidbits have helped with my company's exposure and name recognition, and took my event planning business from six figures to over…

How To Think Like an Event Planner

Event Planning

Event planners are a unique breed, and when you part of the event planning world, you have to think about certain things from a different perspective. An event planner usually has a team behind her/him at some point with members who are brilliant…