Event Planning: The Secret to a Smooth-Flowing and Successful Event
“DJ AJ” (as he’s referred to on KMOV 4) is off today, so I thought I’d fill in with a little food for thought when it comes to planning your big event.
As with any wedding or other formal event, you will obviously have hired several vendors – each assigned specific roles (photography, entertainment, decor, flowers, transportation … etc) pertaining to your event. It goes without saying that most brides and grooms want their reception to run smoothly with as least hiccups as possible. Lucky for you, this is a relatively easy thing to accomplish … as long as you know the secret.
What is the secret to ensuring my event runs smoothly, you ask? Well I’m glad you did, because I’m prepared to share it with you:
The secret to having a smooth-flowing successful event is constant and clear communication.
Simple huh? Yes it is. Keep this in mind when selecting your vendors for your big day. Not only do you want qualified, professional workers, capable of doing their job (and doing it well). It also cannot be emphasized enough the importance of selecting vendors that are personable – vendors that have a knack for working as a team with all of the professionals you have hired, to ensure a smooth-flowing evening for all.
One of the reasons attributing to our company’s success in the wedding market, is not only from our expertise in playing the role of “event planner” at a reception (and thus realizing how important constant communication between vendors really is), but also results from our “family tree” of production companies:
Millennium Music – DJ Entertainment
Millennium Video – Wedding Videography
Millennium Live – Band Entertainment Booking
Millennium Design – Event Lighting and Decor
Providing all four of these services under the same roof provides a constant flow of clear and concise communication between our staff of vendors, thus guaranteeing a smooth and successful event for you.
That’s all – that’s the sales pitch. Even if you don’t book Millennium for your event, which is perfectly fine, I’ve seen this small bit of advice over-looked and under-recognized on too many occasions. Its definitely some good food for thought and worth sharing to all of the love-birds out there currently planning their big day, as well as with all of the wedding professionals providing services for someone’s big day.
Happy Wednesday.
- Ben Kelley
P.S. I caught some slack from Jason, one of our DJ’s about my spelling of “smooth-flowing” in the title of this post. According to him, it should read “smoothly-flowing” as “smoothly” is an adverb. I disagree. Is he right?