[caption id="attachment_1673" align="alignright" width="285"] Original art by Ray Villafane[/caption] It’s busy season at Wilsonwest. We typically do about 60% of our business in Q4—and I’d estimate that this year is running about 30% busier than last year. In fact, we’ve had meetings, conferences, and events every...
Here’s a common scenario. Linda is a salesperson for a business software company. One day, she arrives at an industry conference and starts mingling with her peers. The first lady she meets looks her right in the eye and gives her an enthusiastic handshake with...
Every event marketing agency seems to have an instinctive understanding of the importance of corporate social responsibility. But how can you incorporate it into your next event—and, for that matter, every event that follows? Some would say it’s enough to donate the leftover flowers from your...
Protocol: it’s one of those topics that every corporate event planner knows instinctively they should care about, but few feel they really have a handle on. Is protocol just another term for etiquette, or is there more to it? How can we appear elegantly polite...
“Cindy, what did you do on your summer vacation?” I’m glad you asked. My summer travels included a stay at the Miraval Resort in Tucson, Arizona. I had read and heard about this place for some time, and I was thrilled to accompany my colleague and...
It’s hard to believe 21 years have gone by since I first started working with David Eiland at Just For Fun. But when you’re just starting out in corporate event management—as I was—and when you find a talented local resource for your printed invitations and...
Summer is well upon us. If you haven’t attended a summer wedding by now, you’ve attended three. And if you’re like me, you’ve wondered what similarities there are between wedding planning and strategic event planning. I’ve recently gotten to know a wonderful young wedding planner named...
I’m proud to say that one of our favorite new partners is Jeff Goldstein at Legend Productions. Legend Productions is a premier corporate event and video production company based in New York. We teamed up with Jeff on a recent project in India and worked...
Here at Wilsonwest, we like to emphasize to each of our corporate event management clients the importance of strategic social responsibility. What does this mean? Different companies may have their own definitions, but I like to encapsulate this concept as “doing the right thing in...
There are advantages to living in San Francisco—and then there are advantages. I love this city for a million reasons, but here’s just one: for the past few weeks, I’ve been driving over to North Beach to meet with a seamstress who’s making me a...
