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Keeping Your Attendees Cool During Summer Events

Summer is one of the best seasons for events. After all, most of the people out during the summer are looking for some great summer fun, and if you market and organize your event right, it could be exactly what they’re looking for. This is also the time of the year where a lot of people have a lot of free time, and that can really boost your attendance numbers if you market to the right audience. However, you have to approach planning a summer event in a strategic manner. Your attendees may be willing to attend your summer event, but you need to make their safety a priority. This includes keeping them safe from the heat while they enjoy your event. Fortunately, there are some creative ways that you can go about doing this. Wow them with refreshing food and drink When it comes to event food and drink during the summer, you can probably get away with serving ice water, and be done with it. However, you’re a top class event organizer, and your attendees are definitely g…

Choosing the Perfect Florist for Your Lakeland Events

Flowers are always an interesting addition to your Lakeland events. For formal events, they add a touch of elegance and formality, or the perfectly complement your event theme. Flowers are commonly associated with wedding events, but when used the right way, they can be used to add the perfect touch on your events’ atmosphere. However, you know that flowers may cost quite a bit, so if you have your heart set on having flowers for your event, make sure that you have budgeted accordingly for this. You have to remember that when hiring a florist, you are hiring them for their professional service and expertise, first and foremost. If you’re working with a great florist, they can make your event a blast, so it’s important that you find the right one. With this in mind, here are some things to help you find the perfect florist for your events. Reputation The circle for events service providers is a fairly small one. From caterers, florists, and planners, everybody has a r…

Great Lakeland Events That Bring the Entire Community Together

Community Lakeland events are a great way to get to know the rest of your community. There’s just something about the festive air and the potential to have a good time that seems to bring out the positivity in people. People smile more, they’re more accomodating, and overall, it’s a fantastic way to introduce yourself to the community. Whether it’s a fundraiser, a community fair, or a local festival, the sense that we all belong as one seems to give us a sense of unity that helps make the event an overall success. No matter the motivation behind the event, here are some great community events that everybody is bound to enjoy together. Food festivals There’s just something about good food that brings out the best in people. Organizing and attending a food festival is a great way to bring the community together because everybody has an opinion on food. And the best part of attending food festivals is that after you learn about different local dishes, you get the chance…

How to Plan Fundraising Lakeland Events

Fundraising Lakeland events are a very popular way of getting the local community involved with a cause or a project. A fundraising event is an event, whether a gala, an auction, or a local festival, there are many ways that you can pull off a fundraiser event and in so many forms. However, while these are very popular events, they can be very difficult to pull off. Here are some tips to help you with your fundraiser planning. Determine your cause Of course, any good fundraiser event has to have a cause behind the event. What are you raising the funds for? Clearly outlining the goals behind your event helps give you a direction in terms of planning out the theme, and helps you see where the planning of your event is heading. Your main goal might not only be fundraising, but to spread awareness about that specific cause. A fundraiser can have many goals. Outlining these goals is the very first step in any good fundraiser, and it’s important to clarify this before proceedin…

How to be a Good Guest at Lakeland Events

There’s nothing quite like getting an invitation to Lakeland events. It doesn’t matter what kind of event it is, it could be a wedding, a shop opening, or a fundraiser, if you enjoy mingling and having fun with people, you’re bound to enjoy these events. However, no matter the type of event you’re invited to, you are expected to behave properly at these events, no matter how formal and casual they may be. The host is expected to organize the event the best way they can as well as be gracious towards the guests. On the side of the attendants, you are expected to adhere to a certain level of etiquette rules. While not overly strict, these rules are meant to help make the event move along smoothly, which is a great help to the host, as well, as makes it enjoyable for all the other guests at the event. Here are some ways that you can be a guest at the events that you are invited to. RSVP This rule is especially important for formal events and parties where a seat cou…

Why Catering Your Next Lakeland Events is a Good Idea

As anyone who has ever handled organizing Lakeland events will tell you, event organizing is both exhausting and a lot of fun. There is so much you have to take care of before you can sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor and seeing the guests enjoy the event that you put together. One of the most important aspects to any events planning is the meal planning for the event. Some event organizers choose to go down the DIY route, which means coming up with a menu for the event, heading over to the grocery store for ingredients, and spending the day before the event prepping and cooking the meals for the big day. While this kind of dedication to the event is admirable, when you think about it, that time spent meal planning and cooking could have been better spent on another aspect of the event that needs you immediate attention, like the band, or some venue emergency. One solution to help you solve your problem of the meal option at your event is to hire a caterer to …