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The new reality is a challenge for every event producer to move beyond traditional offerings and enter the virtual world. If you are one of those professionals in the entertainment industry with little to no experience managing platforms that allow you to organize fundraising events, cultural activities, concerts, or any business event, here’s your basic guide to start planning your next virtual event – according to my learning curve. 1st Establishing Event’s Objective: This

Who would have known that we would be going through a pandemic and that our communications would be exclusively virtual? No bars to network, no co-working spaces, no beaches to meet friends, no restaurants to have a date, and no job interviews. Your business card is your LinkedIn profile with a current picture if you have it. And if you still don’t have a great profile picture, now it’s time to get one. Don’t hesitate one more minute. I had my first professional shoot in Janu

Nowadays, everything is about relationships. However, great relationships require time to build a foundation of trust and learning the necessities of each other. Throughout time, the relationships will generate great partnerships, eventually adding value to each other’s goals. If we review historical developments, we will notice that economic growth was brought about as a result of business exchanges and transportation connections. Rome and Greece were the pioneers in the cre

In the corporate world, it is common to receive partnership proposals for different properties, and with these 5 Key Partnership Rules, managers can determine which ones are most likely to be successful. There is a broad range of property options such as events, non-profit organizations, or community projects, all with different causes. These rules will help the corporate management team determine whether to continue the relationship with these property owners with creative p

It is very common that community relations are associated with corporate social responsibility, philanthropic efforts, and donations. However, there is an additional mechanism that complements these efforts, such as sponsorships. Let's start by defining sponsorship as a partnership in which two parties (sponsor and applicant) benefit. While a donation only benefits the party requesting support, the donor does not receive benefits in return for its investment. The use of grant

All who attended the IEG Properties conventions in Chicago had the opportunity to listen to international speakers sharing their experiences in managing sponsorship properties such as events, non-profits, or corporate social responsibility programs. Hundreds of corporate sponsors and beneficiaries participated in this convention to refine their investment strategies in properties and to be more assertive in promoting sponsorship properties. So I share an Extract (E) of the se

Lately, with increasingly limited budgets, it becomes a major challenge to support as many events as we would like to. However, having a clear objective for the corporation helps to establish the type of properties we should be investing in. For example, if the company's objective is to project itself as ecologically friendly, then a significant part of the budget should be allocated to events and properties related to this. We must also consider other initiatives that are re