Event Solutions | Breaking News

Here’s a heads-up for NYC-area event planners and designers—Sasha’s coming to town! Sasha Souza, the highly celebrated wedding designer and Event Solutions Advisory Board member, will speak June 7 on Modern Event Design: Inspiration to Completion.

The event takes place from 6-9pm at the Gansevoort Park Avenue Hotel.

If you are on the subscriber list for our print edition, you’ll know that we love photos—big, beautiful photos of gorgeous events. You may not know this, but most of those photos come from you—our readers.

Almost every planner we know documents his or her events with professional-grade photography, and that’s where we come up with the stunning shots that run in each issue.

Now that we’re all Facebooking and tweeting like we’ve been doing it all our lives, there’s a new twist to the social media scene that adds a whole new dimension to events.

We’re talking about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which is starting to be used at events all over the world.

When Aztec Tents was asked to build two 1930s-era circus tents for the Water for Elephants movie set, they knew they’d have to do some homework. The plan called for “Big Tops” constructed with authentic materials and construction methods.

The essential ingredient in creating a successful event is the quality and management of the front line staff, who often can be temporary workers brought in to handle tasks like registration and guest services. This allows event organizers to adjust easily and quickly to event fluctuations and unexpected demands.

In the 25-plus years I have been in the security industry, the subject of special event security has been the most challenging and also the most rewarding. Each event is always unique, involving different sponsors, locations, topics, products and attendees. This challenge forces one to think outside the box.