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The World's Five Most Expensive Weddings!

The average cost of a American wedding is about $25,000. If that’s sounds on the expensive side, here’s a look at the five most expensive weddings ever recorded:read more

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Starting an Event Management Business

Starting any business can be be a daunting as well as an exhilarating experience. It all comes down to sensible planning, a healthy dose of rationality and plenty of passion. Before you make the leap...

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Event Marketing using Social Media Channels

Contributing author: Chip Stockman Good news travels slowly if at all, while bad news travels quickly, but the key to remember: “news does travel”. We all know that bad news travels quickly; “Really...

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Perspectives on event management in the media and technology sector

Contributing Author: Petra Johansson Having been asked to give my perspectives on event management in the media and technology sector – a sector I am naturally passionate about – the main thing that...

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Time to Find Your Voice

Contributing Author: Mei Lin Fung It’s the end of a busy week, which included the Triple Helix IX  Stanford conference, where I was privileged to be on the steering committee. Overseas and out of...

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Event Planning Certification - What it really means when it comes to finding...

In the rapidly growing business of event planning, professional certification is fast becoming a way to ensure that event managers are ready to meet the demands of corporate and social events across...

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Understand your market before starting an Event Planning business

Contributing Author: Naeem Zafar Market research is an essential process for every new business, but many entrepreneurs do it too late.  They wait until after quitting their job and starting a...

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Event and Meeting Planning Job Outlook

Here's some interesting data from the United States Department of Labor that bodes well for job  prospects in the Event Management and Meeting Planning industry. And the most positive and truly...

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What makes a Corporate Event Planner different?

Much has been written about the differences in planning corporate and social events. Let‘s take look at corporate event management first. A corporate event manager interacts with industry executives,...

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Event Destinations - Dubai

Relatively unknown a decade ago, Dubai is fast becoming a premier destination for events, exhibitions, conferences and trade shows. Given Dubai’s strategic location and the fact that it’s one of the...

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Event Planning Jobs - Chicago, Boise, Washington DC

Here are some of this week's job listings for event planners/managers. To post listings on our blog contact us here, or follow us on Twitter for regular updates on new jobs.read more

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What makes Social Event Planners different from Corporate Event Planners

A social event planner typically manages weddings, anniversaries, parties and so on. As a social event planner you'll be interacting with individuals, couples, brides, parents and many other people –...

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Event Planner and Event Manager Jobs in Houston, Charlotte NC and Arizona

Here are some of this week's job listings for event planners/managers. To post listings on our blog contact us here, or follow us on Twitter for regular updates on new jobs.read more

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Event Management Jobs in London, Singapore, South Africa

Here are some of this week's job listings for event planners/managers. To post listings on our blog contact us here, or follow us on Twitter for regular updates on new jobs.read more

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Inspirational Quotes

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me. Steve Jobs Obstacles are those frightful things you...

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Top 5 attributes of a great Event Manager

The event planning profession is unique in that it takes a blend of people, business and program management skills to succeed. Here’s a list of top five attributes that makes the difference between a...

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Event Planning Jobs - Boston, San Diego

Here are some of this week's job listings for event planners/managers. To post listings on our blog contact us here, or follow us on Twitter for regular updates on new jobs.Cultural Events Planner...

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Why event planners need to be good listeners

Event planners are sometimes like consultants - solving problems is what they do.  So when a client runs into unforeseen issues, it is second nature to jump in and ‘fix the situation’. It turns out...

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Event Planning Jobs - NY, Chicago, San Francisco

Here are some of this week's job listings for event planners/managers. To post listings on our blog contact us here, or follow us on Twitter for regular updates on new jobs.Events Marketing Project...

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Event Planning Jobs - Denver, Memphis, Boston

Here are some of this week's job listings for event planners/managers. To post listings on our blog contact us here, or follow us on Twitter for regular updates on new jobs.Web Event Manager Denver...

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