Guides and insights
How a corporate event is organized, what really drives the budget, how much lead time you need, how a venue is chosen. What I have learned in over twelve years of events, written so it can be useful to whoever has an event to organize.
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Event planning 5 min
Comparing vendor quotes at parity of scope, line by line
Why event vendor quotes that look thousands apart often aren't, the line-by-line method that closes the gap, and how often the ranking flips.
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Common mistakes 5 min
The mistakes that cost the most, and when they stop being fixable
Six mistakes I see repeated, what each one costs and the exact moment it stops being fixable.
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Venues 5 min
Choosing a venue for a corporate event in Italy
The six questions to ask before looking at photographs, and why a cheap venue can end up costing more.
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Method 4 min
The debrief almost nobody does
Three questions, one word that makes them worth asking, and the reconciliation that makes the next budget accurate.
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Method 5 min
The last weeks are not for building, they are for checking
The triple check, why I go back to suppliers by phone, and the five things I reconfirm the evening before.
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Method 5 min
The document that keeps a project on course
One file holding timings, control, supplier and client accounts. What it is for, and why scattered information fails.
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Budget 5 min
Corporate event budget: how it is built
Where the costs sit, the lines that always get forgotten and how much contingency to keep for the unexpected.
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Planning 4 min
How long does it take to organize a corporate event
The deadlines stage by stage, what changes when the timings are tight and how the retro-planning is built.
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Event planning 7 min
How to organize a corporate event in Italy
The six stages in the order they need to be tackled, the lead time you actually need and the five mistakes I see repeated most often.