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Enhancing Your Event: Location and Venue
There is a strategy to pick the best location and venue for an event. Many places will do, but here’s how to choose a location and space...
whitneyrtran
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Advance Event Techniques: Pitfalls to Avoid
While there are excellent practices to put into place which will enhance the seamless nature of your event there are also common...
whitneyrtran
Mar 15, 20222 min read


Advanced Event Techniques: Contracts
One of my favorite classes in graduate school was Sports Law with Dr. Zavian. I knew next to nothing about Sport Law, but found it...
whitneyrtran
Mar 9, 20222 min read


Advance Event Techniques: Timelines
The use of a timeline for overall event management, or a run of show (abbreviated ROS, which is specific to stage management during your...

Whitney Tran
Mar 7, 20222 min read


Advanced Event Techniques: Budgeting
Welcome to the March series! This month will build on the Event 101 series and focus on advanced event techniques. Budgeting can be a...

Whitney Tran
Mar 3, 20223 min read


Event 101: Post Event Recovery
Once your event is complete, load out concluded, and the client summary is sent all that is left is to invoice for your wonderful...

Whitney Tran
Feb 28, 20221 min read


Event 101: Post Event Close Out and Client Summary
It's exciting when the end of your successful event comes into view, but the end of the event itself is not the end of your job (sorry)....

Whitney Tran
Feb 23, 20222 min read


Event 101: The Simple Way to Ensure a Successful Event
To start: Successful does not mean perfect. Please pause to let that sink in. Alright, moving on. You may be surprised by this, but there...

Whitney Tran
Feb 21, 20222 min read


Event 101: Tactical and Practical Event Day Tips
Event day is go time. The planning and prep is done and all that is left is execution and pivoting when something goes sideways...

Whitney Tran
Feb 16, 20223 min read


Event 101: Event Day Prep for the Planner
For a successful event day event planners need to plan their own day. Each planner and event will have different details but creating a...

Whitney Tran
Feb 14, 20223 min read


Event 101: Simple Pieces Build Complex Events
Simple Pieces Build Complex Events

Whitney Tran
Feb 9, 20227 min read


Event 101: Functional Area Tetris ®
Event planners face a real life Tetris® game of putting all operational plans for each functional area together in a way that makes...

Whitney Tran
Feb 7, 20222 min read


Event 101: Writing Operational Plans
Outside of executing a full run through of your event, the next best option is a well thought out operational plan. While functional...

Whitney Tran
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Event 101: What the F is a Functional Area?
Thanks for joining the first series: Event 101. We're back to basics. If you're new to the event world you might hear professionals talk...

Whitney Tran
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Welcome.
Glad you stopped by to take a peek at my site. While I'm new to blogging, I'm not new to events. Having worked in the industry for years,...

Whitney Tran
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Enhancing Your Event: Location and Venue
There is a strategy to pick the best location and venue for an event. Many places will do, but here’s how to choose a location and space...
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Advance Event Techniques: Pitfalls to Avoid
While there are excellent practices to put into place which will enhance the seamless nature of your event there are also common...
Mar 15, 20222 min read


Advanced Event Techniques: Contracts
One of my favorite classes in graduate school was Sports Law with Dr. Zavian. I knew next to nothing about Sport Law, but found it...
Mar 9, 20222 min read
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