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12 Must-Read Tips for Event Planning
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Large-scale events – from silent auctions to shareholder meetings – require careful planning, monetary resources and manpower. And a few tried-and-true tips for event planning don’t hurt, either.

In a recent podcast and whitepaper from promotional product retailer 4imprint, Paulette Wolf and Donielle Levine, authors of the book “Event Planning Made Easy,” offer what they consider the first and most important tip for successful event planning:

Establish the 5 “W’s” and 1 “How.”

One by one, those 6 elements include:

1. Who are the guests or attendees?

2. What is the event being planned?

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Fundraising Ideas to Add Audience Interaction to Your Next Charity Sporting Event
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Monday, September 28th, 2009

Charity Sporting Event Fundraising IdeasLooking for interactive, inventive fundraising ideas for a charity sporting event? Take a cue from a 12-year-old in Florida.

Seventh grader Torii Robertson hosted the first Bumps for OCC, a volleyball tournament to benefit Operation Christmas Child, the Seminole Chronicle reports. The non-profit organization provides shoeboxes filled with gifts for children in need across the world. The charity sporting event was held in late August. During the 12-hour tournament, participants raised money for the number of hours they played.

Torii’s strategy for conceiving the fundraising idea and planning the event was based on a few principles:

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Audience Response Systems Transform Red-Carpet Events Into The Purple Carpet Experience
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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Photo Credit: Tiffany Oelfke

When you host a corporate meeting, fundraiser or silent auction, you risk rolling out a red carpet no different from any other in the eyes of your audience.  If you are renting out a conference center, in fact, you may be rolling out the exact same red carpet.

In helping thousands of organizations and non-profits host successful red-carpet events, audience response systems company IML has learned that audience interaction is key to a memorable gala or meeting.

Using our systems, organizations and non-profits have hosted red carpet events that have resonated so strongly, the shade of the red carpet transformed into a deeper shade of purple.

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