Kristen Prescott, Senior Catering Manager at The Carolina Inn has a calm demeanor when it comes to dealing with wedding crises. Though they are not a frequent occurrence she is always prepared. She talked with me over lunch about how she deals with setbacks.
The Importance of Perspective
3 Tips for When Technology Fails
Confessions of an Event Planner
I have a story to share, and it's a confession. A revealing and embarrassing moment I had one day while running an event that I managed to weave together ever so delicately. It was very unexpected, yet done out of necessity! Then I want to hear from you about your event confession. No story is too small! You can either leave your story in the comments or email me at eventssimplifieddr@gmail.com. You can also choose to remain anonymous. I promise I won't judge!
The Things We Do To Please Our Clients
Running in heels
The Domino Effect
Being an event planner is like setting up dominoes. You place each piece meticulously one after the other and make sure that none of them knock over or the entire operation might fall apart. It feels just like this video - which I couldn't take my eyes off of by the way. I found a shorter video first, but this one was just epic!
Keep calm and carry on... Study Tours style
It was summer 2008, and I was in the midst of a second crazy summer with Study Tours. But, I had finally earned a day off, it was actually more like two days off, which was unheard of. We had sent almost the entire staff, group leaders, and students to Washington DC for the weekend. I worked incredibly hard to get the staff and the buses ready to depart. At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday I was free!... At least until about 9 o'clock the next night.