Party Planning

Sociable – the book launch event of the year

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Marc Smith

Back in Late November 2009 I was approached by Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger, the soon to be co-authors of Sociable! How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside-Down, to produce their book launch. We had over 500 people … [Read More]

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Planning the perfect Valentines Date, 10 simple steps

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Marc Smith

As an event planner at Amuse Consulting with over 10 years experience I’m the first person friends and colleagues call when they need to plan the perfect experience for that special someone. When Eryn-Faye called and asked for some advice on planning the perfect Valentines date I knew exactly what to say, it’s all in the planning! [Read More]

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They RSVP’d so why didn’t they show up?

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Marc Smith

I’m not sure if it’s a Vancouver phenomenon only but I constantly hear frustration from clients and friends about people that have RSVP’d for a party or an event and then they don’t show up! Sometimes there are great reasons … [Read More]

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Something Nice…. to throw away

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Marc Smith

Last week while I was dealing with a cold and not feeling very productive a prospective supplier dropped some samples off to me to try out. Now this is not Blog worthy normally except that lately I have received at … [Read More]

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Creating a hospitality suite for 2010 that is flexible and affordable

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Marc Smith

During the late spring of 2009 I met with my group of suppliers and event partners to share with them a unique project for the 2010 Olympics. I had arranged to “take over” an art gallery in Yaletown during the … [Read More]

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Cookies as a Holiday Party

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Marc Smith

Everyone during the holidays has friends over, serves up drinks, and eats too much. It’s an age old formula and it works. What if you want to be different? How about a Christmas Cookie Party? Invite your BFF’s over, bake … [Read More]

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Holiday spirit in the office for under $200.00

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Marc Smith

Here’s a unique, fun, easy to implement and inexpensive event for your office this season. Whether your office is 5 or 5o people. Mission: Relive holiday stress and inject a fun atmosphere in the office during the jam packed holiday … [Read More]

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Amuse gets away

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Marc Smith

Well like everyone else in Vancouver, we here at Amuse are getting away for a week to enjoy some good old fashioned cabin and lake time. That doesn’t mean that our clients haven’t been exceptionally taken care of though. Just … [Read More]

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