{"id":11801,"date":"2017-06-08T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/?p=11801"},"modified":"2017-06-08T07:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:00:32","slug":"corporate-events-vs-social-events-planners-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/corporate-events-vs-social-events-planners-guide","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Events VS. Social Events: A Planner\u2019s Guide (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Heather is the Owner and Event Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatestexpectations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greatest Expectations Special Events and Weddings<\/a>, one of Chicago\u2019s most celebrated event planning and design firms. This week, she\u00a0tells us how to successfully coordinate the wedding party. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I know that many of you reading the QC blog are rooted in the wedding industry either as an event planner or floral designer. Today, however, I want to talk to you about corporate event planning. Truthfully, corporate events are a totally different world than social events (especially weddings), but there are some similarities.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of ways that all events are the same:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/corporate-events-vs-social-events-planners-guide\/#Event_Budget\" >Event Budget<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/corporate-events-vs-social-events-planners-guide\/#Planning_Timeline\" >Planning Timeline<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/corporate-events-vs-social-events-planners-guide\/#Details\" >Details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Event_Budget\"><\/span>Event Budget<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11805\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Planning-Corporate-Social-Event.jpg\" alt=\"Budgeting for a corporate event planner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Planning-Corporate-Social-Event.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Planning-Corporate-Social-Event-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All events have a budget \u2014 weddings, social events and corporate events alike. Just like with weddings, some budgets are small and some are large. But everyone has one!<\/p>\n<p>With corporate events, the budgets tend to be a little larger, however, the cap is typically very solid and with little wiggle room. With weddings and social events, the emotional attachment to planning can often lead to budgets being expanded. Do not expect that to happen with corporate work.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Planning_Timeline\"><\/span>Planning Timeline<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a pretty solid formula for putting together an event. You must start with a budget, then identify a date and whom you are inviting. From there, you just follow the formula and eventually your event will be planned and ready to execute. There are plug-and-play elements required for any event to be successful, and they are easy to expand and contrast.<\/p>\n<p>The order of things never changes, but how much time you have for each is a simple adjustment. You can plan an event in just a few weeks or months if you are organized and ready to step into motion quickly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Details\"><\/span>Details<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Event planning requires extreme attention to all of the details. Seriously. All of them. There are details related to the actual planning process and timing. There are also details involved in securing vendors, communicating with clients and your creative team. There are infinite details about when and how everything should be executed onsite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11804\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Corporate-vs-social-events.jpg\" alt=\"Corporate event planning for galas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Corporate-vs-social-events.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Corporate-vs-social-events-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your day-of timeline is not on point, the onsite details will begin to fall apart. These items apply to all events no matter who your clients or guests are. Social events, corporate events, even meetings. There are so many details that I couldn\u2019t begin to list here \u2014 but that is why you are taking the QC courses so you are in good hands!<\/p>\n<p><i>Stay tuned for Part 2 when Heather tells us the real differences between planning corporate events and planning weddings &amp; social events!<\/i><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><i>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/2017\/02\/heathers-guide-coordinating-wedding-party-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heather&#8217;s guide to coordinating the wedding party<\/a> and you&#8217;ll be ready to run the show!<\/i><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get more clients for your business by learning the differences between planning social and corporate events!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":11806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[354],"class_list":["post-11801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-experts","category-planning-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Corporate Events VS. 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