5 Common Mistakes Made When Planning An Event, And How To Avoid Them
With so much to organise, do and plan for events, it is easy to miss crucial details and make mistakes. We often hear of things going wrong or steps being missed. It’s really easy to get caught up in all the excitement and potential of your new event without taking the time to plan and […]
How to Create a Memorable Corporate Event Agenda
When designing and planning a corporate conference or seminar, the conference’s content and agenda is one of the most important elements. It’s what gets guests excited about attending, it’s what will sell the event to those who are going to buy tickets, and it helps you to pick and choose the right speakers, venue and […]
2025 Event Dates For Your Brand
As we head into the 2025 event calendar season and start planning the calendar, I want to take a moment to go through and chat about some of the key event dates to watch. Just like I talked about in our Black Friday Cyber Monday blog, it’s always incredibly helpful when we leverage an event […]
Why You Need A Detailed Plan For Your Event: Failing to plan, is planning to fail
Planning an event can sometimes feel like an absolute whirlwind, one minute you’re just starting your first notes, and the next minute you’re arriving on the day hoping you haven’t forgotten everything and the weather stays sunny. With the changes in the world, economic pressures and of course rising inflating rates, we found 2024 to […]
10 Major Things Your Event Manager Does
10 Major Things Your Event Manager Does The absolute first thing that I think of when asked what an event manager does , is a meme that went viral a few years ago. The whole what everyone thinks I do, vs what I really do. In all honesty, sometimes it can feel like we do […]
Christmas Work Event Ideas
Christmas Work Event Ideas The end of year season is a great opportunity to celebrate the year’s successes, show appreciation to your team, and build camaraderie. A well-planned Christmas work party sets the tone for this by blending festive fun with opportunities for team bonding. With thoughtful preparation, you can create an epic event that […]
How Much Does an Event Planner Cost?
How Much Does An Event Planner Cost? time, and often with very little information around it to be able to even give some form of a guide. Think about the building a house analogy- You can’t just go to the builder, “I want to build a house, how much will it cost in labour?”. There […]
Event Management Checklist
Event Planning Checklist Event planning can feel incredibly overwhelming when you get started. Most of the time, like anything, the biggest issue is you don’t know what you don’t know. You don’t know how to get started, what you need to be focusing on, and where to invest your time. The most common thing I […]
What is Event Management?
What is Event management Event Management (aside from being one of my favourite topics and, of course, what we do), what is it really? Event management is defined as the art and science of planning, organising and executing events. Whether this be small intimate evening dinners, large gala dinners, conferences or even music festivals, and […]
How events can solve your business goals: a step by step guide
About Us FAME Events is not your ordinary event planning agency. Don’t get me wrong, we plan events, but we’re about so much more than just making events look pretty. We’re a strategic planning event agency. We’re about understanding the business problem you’re looking to solve and tailoring an event solution to the problem. In […]
Planning a Gala Dinner
What is a Gala Event? Planning a gala dinner can feel like an incredible task when you are at the beginning of the planning phase. There are so many elements to get through, and like with anything that you are starting for the first time, you don’t know, what you don’t know! A gala dinner […]
How is event planning like a sandwich? Understanding our fee & event proposal process
How is event planning like a sandwich? Understanding our fee process When you make a sandwich it’s pretty standard to go bread, butter, meat, cheese, salad, butter, bread. You start with one thing (bread) and then build on it. It would certainly be more challenging to start a sandwich with the salad! In a funny […]