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Security and the Event Industry
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Security is a growing concern throughout the live events industry as a whole. Below, I highlight three different types of security targets we have encountered…

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How to Make Your Business Thrive in the Winter: Surviving the Seasonable Business Blues
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We have found that laying out goals has been the best way to stave off winter’s icy patches in the new year. With clearly defined…

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#NLEDonthescene: Closing out 2016 with Gratitude
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Constant momentum is truly the best way to describe the year for this Chicago event planning team. Even now, production meetings and supply checklists have…

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Method to Quick-Change Madness
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What are the keys to success for a quick-change artist?  Is it the strategy—moving from one to the next without a moment’s hesitation?  Is it…

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#NLEDonthescene Happy Anniversary To Us!
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On our 7th Anniversary I’m a bit nostalgic thinking of where we started and the progress we’ve made. I recently read through the initial business…

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#NLEDNoviceNelly Lost in Translation
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Novice Nelly: She’s our witty, fun, yet fictitious, team member that takes us on her journey of #epicfails and reminds us we are all in this…

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Searching for a (real) moment.
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This month, I’d like to highlight an occupational hazard. As event planner/producers, we are designers of moments – of EVERY moment. Take a look at…

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#NLEDonthescene: A Q2 Review
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Happy Summer – and wow has it been a busy ½ year so far! Typically Q1 and Q2 gives us an opportunity to reorganize after…

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#NLEDNoviceNelly does Industry Happy Hour Events
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Novice Nelly: She’s our witty, fun, yet fictitious, team member that takes us on her journey of #epicfails and reminds us we are all in…

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It’s All Live, But Who’s Your Audience?
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This year’s Academy Awards had roughly 3,400 of Hollywood’s elite sitting together in the Dolby Theater, an impressive 34 Million viewers watching live via television…

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#NLEDonthescene Winter 2016
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Dear 2016: Worry not – we’ve got this! With exciting projects and fresh concepts already underway, we have a great year ahead of us. Here’s…

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#NLEDNoviceNelly does the “12 Days of Christmas”
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Novice Nelly: She’s our witty, fun, yet fictitious, team member that takes us on her journey of #epicfails and reminds us we are all in…

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