As I have been a professional musician for most of my life, I am always concerned about the health of the music industry and the up-and-coming musicians that will support it. At the moment, with tumbling music instrument sales and a generation lost to the playing of video games, the natural pool from which tomorrow’s musicians [Continue Reading]
The Calm Before the Storm
August is always a quiet month for the events industry as, simply, most people are on holiday! Very few meetings or conferences are booked in this month. Like most corporate event companies, it is all go for most of the year with almost no time to catch your breath. While this is exciting and what we [Continue Reading]
Welcome Helen to Creative Team Events
Like any business, people come and then move on for a variety of reasons. It is always sad to see people leave, as we are such a close knit team here at Creative and we strive for an inspiring and fun working environment together. So, we have said goodbye to Vicky and we thank her [Continue Reading]
Family Fun Day Session
Last Saturday, we saw the beginning of the ‘Family Fun Day’ season for us. With the school holidays beginning and the weather more dependable, many companies choose this time of year to say a big thank you to their employees and their families for all their work and support over the past year. Our particular event [Continue Reading]
Hot Lunch Date With Crashing Waiters
After last week’s monster 500-person drumming event in the baking sun, I really thought it was over for sun and me. Alas no, my celestial sparring partner wanted a re-match! Yesterday’s team event involved our Crashing Waiters dinner entertainment, which, just for a change, was delivered at lunchtime. There are a few more considerations to take [Continue Reading]
Taking the Rough With the Smooth in Corporate Events
Some people might think that the events industry is all never ending smiling faces, exotic locations and a well-earned glass of Chablis on a country estate to end the day! I must confess that, very occasionally, we do get treats working in the corporate events world. For example, Chevy Chase once played piano for us in [Continue Reading]
A Week of Happy New Clients
This has been a week of three new clients and three successful events. Whenever we start a relationship with a new client, I personally feel a huge responsibility to win trust and exceed expectations. I’m sure we all have that wish in business but, because I am a Head Facilitator as well as one of the [Continue Reading]
Videos on Creative Team Events TV
These days, clients are increasingly requesting to see the activities that they are interested in before they confirm a booking. The convenience of sites such as YouTube allows event organisers to see what activities really look like. We have put all our videos in one easy place for everyone to see. Just click on the following link: [Continue Reading]
Team Building, Logistics and Laughter
Last week started with negotiating the back streets behind London’s Southbank to find the loading bay of an awkwardly placed hotel! After the team carried around 300 drums into the service elevator to transport them to the kitchen, the drums had to be quickly manoeuvred into their final position – hidden behind the stage in [Continue Reading]
BBC Apprentice Shows the Need for the Right People for the Right Job
If ever there was a great example of making sure the people you book to run your corporate event can actually do the job properly (and not just say they can), then this week’s episode of the BBC hits show The Apprentice was it! This week’s episode was of particular interest to me as the two [Continue Reading]