16 Sep 09 Saving on Entertainment
If you have booked entertainment in the days of TARP, you probably had to cut all kinds of corners. Although you can cut back, make do, and substitute all you want to, is it really necessary? Entertainment does not have to be dancers, musicians, actors, and comedians. It can also be artists.
What? Have someone come in and paint portraits or something? Well, not quite. While portrait artists are certainly more in demand for entertainment these days, they are not your only choice. Caricature artists and others can also fill the entertainment void, but there are also stage artists.
If you sift through some of the videos at YouTube.com, you will see artists smearing paint with their hands on huge canvases, turning them around this want and that, end ending up with an amazingly large picture that is just astounding. There are artists that can do this on the fly, and paint things that the company might put on large rooms once everyone is back at work. They sometimes perform to music, which may inspire them for that particular painting.
Painting on the spot in front of an audience sounds nerve-wracking, but these artists are used to it and always provide a good evening. There is less of a chance of the technical difficulties that you would have with bands, and it’s probably different than anything the audience has seen before.
Give them something memorable that will stick with them forever. Track down one of these artists and compare the booking price to that of a five-piece band or well-known comedian. You may be very surprised.
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17 Aug 09 Choosing Entertainment for Your Next Meeting
If you are a budding event planner and has not yet been intimidated by the idea of booking entertainment, you will be in the future. If you have already been, you know that it will happen again. To make your life a little easier, here’s what’s hot and what’s not for 2009.
What’s Not
Many people are offended by religious leaders these days, even if they are religious people. There are so many religions and so many splinter groups it’s hard to know what the predominant religion will be.
Along those same lines, politicians can be absolutely deadly to the success of your meeting. There will always be people who disagree so strongly that they will be offended at the choice. So steer clear of both religious leaders and politicians unless you are scheduling speakers for that particular group.
What’s Hot
Who doesn’t need a good laugh now and then? While some comedians can be offensive, there are some that have notoriously good taste when it comes to general audiences. You can often find them through entertainment agents.
Improv groups are becoming all the rage lately, and they are often comedians as well. Almost every city has a popular improv group or two–again, check with entertainment booking agencies for the best choices.
Really want to wow them? How about jugglers with a sense of humor? A magic act that is truly amazing can hold people’s attention and let them escape into, “How did he do that?” for just a little while.
Because entertainment will be one of the signatures of some of your events, start building a file of ideas now. Then when you need them, they will be there.
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