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on 9 June 2006 (#10419102)
The Art of Planning Events Community
"For event planners, there's no such thing as a dress rehearsal!"
- by Judy Allen
Event Planning is a community for people who organize events, whether professionally (nonprofit/corporate) or socially...or for those just looking for a little bit of inspiration!
Event planners are detailed multi-taskers – if you watch the Apprentice TV show, there’s no wonder why the two final tasks of each series are always planning events!!! Event Planners organize and track THOUSANDS of details, including venues, logistics, music, food, invites, printing, party favors, etc., etc.
So this is the perfect community if you are responsible for producing any of the following (but certainly not excluded to!):
• Corporate and Sporting Events
• Fundraising Galas
• Successful Meetings, Conferences and Trade Shows
• Marketing and Sale launches
• Proms and Formals
• Award and Fashion Shows
• Book, Craft and Garage Sales
• Dinner Parties
• Bridal, Bachelorette and Baby Showers
• Weddings and Other Social Gatherings
To ensure the success of the community and respect of all members, please adhere to the following rules.
1. PLEASE KEEP ALL POSTS ON TOPIC.
Keeps posts relevant!!! Also, when posting please ensure you use the following subject headers, otherwise after one warning, your post will be deleted by the moderator.
Acceptable Subject Posts:
Introduction/Newbie Post
When you become a member of this community, we ask that you make a post to introduce yourself. Please include the following information:
Age:
Title/Career:
Location:
Types of Events Organized:
Favourite Resources/Links:
Other:
Question/Discussion
Here's where you can ask a question you may have on anything related to event planning or event planners!!! Or if you want to discuss a topic. Can also include suggestions or hints for others.
Upcoming Event
We want to know about your upcoming events!
When posting new events, please try to include the following information:
Kind of Event (eg. social, fundraiser, corporate, etc):
Day:
Time:
Location:
Cost:
URL:
All photographs, banners and posts need to be put behind an LJ cut (for more info, see below)
To not spam up the community, posts on a specific upcoming event can only be posted once a week.
Resource/Link
Do you have a favourite décor company or florist? Had a wonderful experience with a venue or DJ? We want to know about it! Post your suggestions or experiences here. If you’re an event planner or own/know of a company you think would be of interest to our community, feel free to post!
Once again, to not spam up the community, posts on specific resources and specific links can only be posted once a week.
Summary/Review of an Event
Did you go to an event recently? Host or organize an event? Please share! We would love to hear about the event. Also, if you saw a great event in the media or on a website, share the link with us!
It would be great to see photos as well of these events!!!
2. PHOTOGRAPHS/LJ CUTS
If posting more than one picture (or large photo) please place them behind a LJ cut. See the LJ FAQ section for how to do this!
3. PLEASE BE COURTEOUS TO OTHER MEMBERS.
This is obvious! Be polite in all comments and especially if offering constructive criticism (if asked).
4. ADVERTISING OTHER COMMUNITIES
If you have a community you think would be appropriate to advertise in Event Planning, please ask for the moderator’s approval first before posting, otherwise your post will be deleted immediately.
5. SPAM
Please note that for all posts not relevant to event planning or do not abide to the rules above, your post will be probably deleted without warning! Do not spam our community!!!
6. LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE FUN!!!
auction, audiovisual, awards, awards ceremony, bachelorette parties, bake sales, balloon burst, balloon tombola, barbeques, bbq, birthdays, bizbash, book sales, bridal shower, budget, business meetings, candlight dinners, caterer, catering company, celebration, champagne, charities, charity ball, cocktails, conference centres, conferences, craft sale, csep, decor, destination management companies, dinner, dinner parties, djs, donations, donor, early prize draw, entertainment, etiquette, event design, event designers, event planners, fashion shows, floorplans, florist, fundraising, gala, garage sale, gift bags, girl getaways, golf tournaments, gourmet, guests, honourary chairpersons, hosts, hotels, in-kind donations, incentive programs, invitations, lighting, linens, lists, live auction, logistics, marathons, marketing launches, martha stewart, martini bars, masquerade, masters of ceremonies, mcs, media sponsors, meeting room space, meetings, mpi, music, nightclubs, non-event, nonprofit, party food, party planning, philanthropy, photo booth, photographer, photography, picnics, private venues, promotional companies, proms, prospects, raffle, receptions, relays, rentals, restaurants, rsvp, silent auction, social events, speaker series, special events, sponsors, sponsrship, sports events, staging, table gifts, tea parties, telethon, the barefoot contessa, theme decor, theme events, venues, volunteers, wedding, wedding anniversary, wedding shower, wine tastings, winter formals