There are nearly two million C corporations and more than seven million S corporations currently operating in the United States. Sometimes these corporations host business events for their multiple locations to gather together. Planning an event of this size takes a lot of time, planning, and effort to pull off.
If you’re planning a corporate event, there are a few essential things you need to do for it to be successful. Continue reading to learn what those things are.
1. Understand Your Goals
Every corporate event has a goal, and it’s important to understand yours. Your goal may be as simple as fostering camaraderie across multiple company locations. Or, maybe, you’re trying to increase training across the board.
The purpose of your event will help you decide every other aspect. For example, hockey motivational speeches may not be appropriate for an IT training event. But they’d be an excellent choice for a sports-related franchise.
2. Set a Realistic Budget
Consider how much your corporation can afford for this event. Of course, you want the budget to be enough to accommodate your estimated guest list. However, you don’t want the budget to be so much it strains your company’s finances.
Once you’ve set your budget, be sure not to overspend. Overspending could lead to financial issues because those excess funds have to be pulled from somewhere.
3. Choose a Theme
Choosing a theme is possibly the most exciting part of planning a corporate event. You’ll want to have fun with it while ensuring it aligns with both your goals and company. Your theme will also help determine an appropriate venue for your event.
Your theme could be almost anything. For example, you could consider using a specific decade or choosing something loosely related to your industry. Additionally, you could choose your theme based on a season, fairy tales, or something more upscale like black-tie.
4. Select an Appropriate Venue
The venue needs to be appropriate for both the theme and the audience. For example, a hotel with an outdoor space may be an excellent choice for a luau, beach, or summer-themed event. But, a black-tie event would require something more upscale, such as a ballroom venue.
5. Promote Early
Once you have the details for your corporate event set, you need to start promoting. Promoting as early as possible helps ensure maximum attendance. Remember, your attendees may need to hire babysitters or cancel other plans to attend, and these things take time.
Promote over various outlets, too. For example, you can send out company emails, promote over social media, and bring up the event during meetings. Consider posting flyers in employee break rooms, too.
These Tips Make Planning a Corporate Event Easy
Planning a corporate event is easier than ever with the simple yet essential tips above. Check out our blogs if you still have questions or want to dive further into the topic.
