All Hands
Corporate
Executive hosts, internal events, and mandatory enthusiasm.
The Corporate section is purposefully satire — every person, company and price is invented
Employee’s Agent Studies Holiday Party Invitation, Reports Back on Who to Suck Up To
This is the first year agents are analyzing invitations for the people they work for and telling them what to do. Here is the exchange.
Event CEO Confesses: Sold to Private Equity, Reporting to a 26-Year-Old Analyst
Thanked for his vision three years running, he explains what every event company employee should know about the future of their company, and how he got his back. An excerpt from “I Appreciate the Feedback,” the new memoir by a former trade show CEO.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Organizers Launch Campaign for Better CEO Hosts
Hundreds of event professionals say the babysitting is over. Their remedy is the Finishing School for Chief Executives, now accepting students who have never once been asked to wrap.
Local Man's Boss Installs Camera to See If He's Pretending to Be Busy; Confirms He Is
The stop-rate report has not changed since 2019. Gary's refolding speed has.
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Seven in 10 Event Designers Say Mischief Belongs in the Strategy
A new survey finds mischief is now a pillar of experiential strategy. The Newport hostess who dined her dogs and seated a monkey at dinner was doing it a century ago, without a deck.
Agency Bills Client for Meeting About Reducing Billable Meetings
Efficiency workshop runs 40% over scope.
RFP Requests Full Creative, Strategy, and Budget 'Just to See Your Thinking'
Winner to be selected by procurement on price alone.