Family Affair

Planning. designing and executing an event for a family member breaks the first rule of the consulting business - never work with friends or family. But when it came to my Mum and her 90^th birthday – I had to break the rules and had five weeks to build a guest list, find a venue and stick to a strict budget maintaining the concept.

To complicate things my dear Mum lives in a different city and wanted lots of input.

How did I do it?

Research, a storyboard and planning...

No matter what kind of event: a fund raiser, an open house or a milestone birthday - you need to understand the vision of the client.  The hardest part of event planning is the budget and guiding the client to make some compromises and on the day be wowed by the outcome.

But first things first, once you establish a guest count finding the venue comes next.