When you're planning a corporate event, keynote, or sales conference, one of your biggest decisions is how to book your entertainment or motivational speaker. You've probably noticed there are two main routes: going through a speaker bureau or entertainment agency, or booking the performer directly. Both can work well, and it's worth understanding how each one actually … [Read more...] about Speaker Bureau Fees vs. Booking Direct: What Event Planners Need to Know
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Mentalist Versus Magician for Corporate Events: What’s the Difference
When you're planning a corporate event and thinking about entertainment, you've probably seen both mentalists and magicians pop up in your search. They can look similar on the surface, both involve a performer doing seemingly impossible things in front of a live audience, but the experience they create for a business crowd is genuinely different, and knowing that difference … [Read more...] about Mentalist Versus Magician for Corporate Events: What’s the Difference
How to Keep Your Audience Energized at Night: Structuring Your Conference Day So People Actually Show Up Ready to Engage
Your conference day starts strong. Eight AM keynote, energy in the room, people are awake and paying attention. By lunch, folks are reasonably engaged. By three PM, you can feel the fatigue setting in. And by six or seven PM when your closing entertainment is supposed to hit? Your audience is tired. Really tired. They've sat through eight or nine hours of content, … [Read more...] about How to Keep Your Audience Energized at Night: Structuring Your Conference Day So People Actually Show Up Ready to Engage
How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Mentalist for a Corporate Event?
If price is the first thing on your mind when booking entertainment for a corporate event, that's understandable, but quality is what actually determines whether your event is remembered for the right reasons. Pricing is usually one of the first questions on a planner's mind, and it's a fair one to ask before booking corporate entertainment. Mentalist fees, and mind reader … [Read more...] about How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Mentalist for a Corporate Event?
The Hidden Cost of Boring Corporate Entertainment
Nobody talks about what bad corporate entertainment actually costs. They talk about the price of booking an entertainer. They don't talk about the price of booking the wrong one. That cost is real. And it's bigger than most companies realize. The Visible Costs Are Easy to Track When you book entertainment for a corporate event, the visible costs are obvious: the … [Read more...] about The Hidden Cost of Boring Corporate Entertainment