Texas Meetings and Events

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Corporate Planning

03/10/10

Surveys have shown that although most people believe it's important to give back to their communities, they often don't know the best ways to go about it, and they feel they just don't have the time. By offering specific opportunities in the workplace,...

Planning Your Best Summer Outing Ever and Staying on Budget

01/20/10

As the winter weather takes hold of the Chicagoland area, many companies are already busy working to select and plan their 2010 summer outing - typically the largest event of the year and the one requiring the most planning. Even though many companies...

How to Budget for an Event

01/8/10

The amount budgeted for an event drives every aspect of planning. Since Skyline has planned and produced all types of events for over 25 years, we have a comprehensive event-planning checklist. This enables us to project the cost of all event elements...

Suppliers Speak

It’s Just Nice to be Nominated

02/24/10

It's the season of red carpets and with the Oscars just weeks away you know the stars are prepping with an on-going round of tanning, highlighting, teeth-whitening and good old-fashioned starvation. And let's not forget the daily mantra in front of the...

From Farm to Catering Kitchen

02/19/10

When many people think of a chef, they assume that the job starts and ends in the kitchen. For me, this is not the case. My passion for food starts long before the products enter my kitchen and ends knowing I genuinely created something from start to...

Turning Events into Investments: A Speaker's Perspective

01/11/10

Serving as a speaker at an event requires a considerable investment of time and effort. How can this investment deliver a return to your own bottom line? First, invest the time to make a great impression. Unfortunately, many speakers "wing" their live...

Exhibiting/Trade Shows

Some of the Hidden Costs of Exhibiting at Trade Shows

02/16/10

In today's economic environment, watching the bottom line often carries the false perception of value. Many exhibit planners take their eye off of what is critical to success at a trade show in pursuit of shaving budgets and bargaining for what they...

Open Forum

Am I more than a meeting planner?

02/1/10

"I'm just the planner." How many times have you said that, or heard a colleague or team mate say that? We often hear, "remove the words should and can't from your vocabulary." Now is the time to also remove the phrase "just a meeting planner" from your...

Stop & Smell the Roses

01/26/10

Ever feel like your event or meeting is just ho-hum, nothing special, like all the rest? A little R&R never hurt anyone. And in the events business it's a part of the critical equation; you want to stand out from and above all the others and create...

The Jolly Green Giant

01/22/10

I am not a big believer in spring cleaning. Who wants to waste the first glorious days of spring cleaning? After all, spring means new life, rebirth and the promise of margaritas on a sunshiny deck. Now that I've got you salivating over icy, salty drinks...