| If you are planning for an event that involves people, | | | | before you think about yourself. |
| food, entertainment and festivities, it can be | | | | Planning an event does require a person with the |
| stressful. The stress is usually caused by people | | | | right skills. If you are not that person, then you need |
| worrying about all the things that can go wrong. | | | | to identify or work with someone who has those |
| These are the main concerns that people have: | | | | skills: |
| - What if no one comes? | | | | |
| - What if the food is awful? | | | | 1. A completer finisher |
| - What if my entertainments is no good? | | | | 2. An enthusiastic representative of the event. |
| - What if there is no atmosphere? | | | | 3. Someone with great attention to detail |
| - What will this do to my reputation? | | | | 4. A relentless approach to eliminating eventualities. |
| - Does nobody like me?!! | | | | If this person is not available, then you may need to |
| Thankfully, most of these fears can be eliminated | | | | leverage your time and work with trusted companies |
| and definitely avoided. This is normally done through | | | | who can provide the service you. |
| some careful planning and follow up to eliminate any | | | | Understand that the providers of services to party |
| problems as they arise. | | | | organisers and event manager do this for a living. |
| The number one piece of advice that can be give to | | | | They have seen the pitfalls, they know what works, |
| any party planner, organiser or committee is that | | | | they know what people want and their advice is |
| where possible, only invite people to the party that | | | | generally well founded and in most cases well |
| you would like to have there. This can be trick in | | | | received. |
| some situations but as a rule it works. | | | | On selecting your service providers, do some |
| The second piece of advice that is given is that it is | | | | research first and in addition to choosing one based |
| important that the guests like the food and drink at | | | | on reputation, choose them based on whether you |
| the party. If this can be accomplished, you will be in | | | | believe you can work with them on an ongoing basis |
| the driving seat because people will feel better about | | | | in a tense situation. |
| the event. | | | | Leave nothing to chance. Proper Preparation Prevents |
| The entertainment that you select must be able to | | | | Poor Performance - How many times have you |
| engage a group at whatever level and if you plan to | | | | heard that before? |
| do the entertainment yourself, think of the audience | | | | |