One difficult venue, two consecutive nights, a thousand-plus tough-to-please guests. What's a production company to do? In the case of Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based Elite Productions, tasked with creating two events for client Roth Capital Partners...
Although special events are often painted as nothing more than frivolous fun — sometimes with a little fundraising thrown in — a growing number of hosts are creating events where the guests work hard to do good.
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Good things come in small packages, the saying goes. And sometimes big packages. Very big packages.
Circ Corporate Experience took this old saying to new heights with a two-day program for client BASF, an international chemical company and one o...
When Jessica Richardson left New Orleans post-Katrina for Oklahoma City, Okla., with the National Basketball Association's Hornets, it was with a heavy heart — and no idea when or even if she or the team would return. But return they did two year...
What is hip? Just about anything from L.A.-based Event Eleven. Founded in 1997 by Tony Schubert, the company now produces both big corporate bashes and exclusive weddings, branded environments for Estee Lauder and MTV, and interior design for Hol...
Before Troy, Mich.-based Optics produced the January 2006 Super Bowl XL opening ceremony in Detroit, the Optics team had to pitch it. Steven P. Simmons, CMP, president and CEO of Optics — which specializes in designing business theater and learni...
Cruises may bring images of shuffleboard, seasickness and retirees to mind, but Long Beach, Calif.-based Bravo Productions overhauled the concept. The event team shanghaied 270 guests from Enterprise Rent-A-Car employees with all the engaging ele...
Even while she was busting shoplifters as a security manager for Nordstrom back in the '80s, Janna Harala had a sense she was destined for the world of events. After all, the Northwesterner had been the one organizing Easter egg hunts for the nei...
Powerhouse communications company Imagination, headquartered in London, today announced it has been awarded the contract for Shell's global exhibition program after an "intense" pitch process involving five eminent design and event agencies.
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During her rise to event planning success, Cher Przelomski, CSEP, has worn lots of hats — literally. Twenty-five years ago, when she and her then-business partner first introduced their new service to a market that “had never even heard of event ...
