Blog
What we have learned running corporate events in Singapore.
Dinner and dance
Annual dinners, the run of the night, and the parts that decide it.
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D&D themes that survive a corporate crowd
Why some themes fill a dance floor and others empty it by nine, and how to test one before you commit.
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Choosing a ballroom: the questions venues do not volunteer
Capacity is not the number on the brochure. What to ask about load-in, rigging points and the seating plan you actually want.
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Pillar guide
How a company dinner and dance actually runs
The shape of the night, who owns which hour, and the three things that go wrong when nobody does.
Team building
Formats that survive the Monday debrief, at any headcount.
Venues
Ballrooms and function rooms, and what a site visit should tell you.
Exhibitions and roadshows
Stands, trade shows, and taking one event to five places.
Running the day
Briefs, quotes, run sheets, and what to do when something breaks.
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What a run of show is, and why a good event day is boring
The document that decides whether the day feels calm or improvised, annotated from a real one.
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When something goes wrong at an event
Almost nothing is fixed on the day. It is fixed weeks earlier, by a second option that costs nothing until you need it.
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What to put in an event brief, and what can come later
The cheapest document in the event, and the one that decides most of it. What a supplier needs before they can quote, and what can stay open.
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Who does what on an event day
Six jobs, and the one that quietly ends up belonging to no one when the team is small. Event days fail on ownership, not on skill.