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Hybrid Events & Social Media
An interview of Marc Smith by Terry Coatta of Associcom.com At the beginning of Nov I was part of Event Camp Vancouver and was asked to be the Social Media Concierge for the weekend. At that conference one of the … [Read More]
Holiday Decor at the Westin Bayshore
Unique & easy to create holiday centrepieces for your festive table For the 7th year in a row the Westin Bayshore is holding it’s Christmas Tree Decorating Contest! Watch the trees get decorated live during the Dec 6th taping of … [Read More]
Ask an Expert: Amuse Events Q&A
Amuse Consulting’s Head Muse Marc Smith answers your event questions Come on you know you have a million of them. Every day I field an endless stream of questions from businesses and organizations that need & want help to make … [Read More]
5 Steps to create a successful Auction for your Fund-Raiser
One of the most commonly asked questions I get asked by non profit groups is how they can maximize their fund raising efforts at their events with Silent &/or Live Auctions. Now I am not a professional fund-raiser but I’ve certainly seen enough auctions both successful and others less so to pick up what I think are the 5 tricks to success. Here they are in no particular order : [Read More]
Planning the perfect Valentines Date, 10 simple steps
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]
Sociable: How Social Media is Turning Sales & Marketing Upside Down
Over the past 8 months I’ve invested time into the “new” world of social media; Twitter, Facebook Fan Pages, YouTube etc…. Without a doubt Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger have been a huge part of the success I have achieved in my understanding and implementation of this new tool for business. Whether you are an entrepreneur, employee, board member of a charity or just curious save your self some time and get Sociable. It will demystify the world of Social Media and give you some great tips and tricks on how to successfully integrate it into your best practices manual. [Read More]
They RSVP’d so why didn’t they show up?
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]
Choosing the right venue…
I was recently asked to help out local businessmen and authors Steve Jagger of Reachd and Shane Gibson of Closing Bigger find a venue for the upcoming launch of their new book Sociable. The first questions I asked were: 1. … [Read More]
Something Nice…. to throw away
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]
Cookies as a Holiday Party
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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