Awards Night Tips
Awards Night After Party Ideas
The trophies have been handed out and the speeches are now complete. After a reasonable meal and some glasses of champagne, every one’s ready to kick on at the after party. If you’re the one in charge of organising this important part of the evening, we’ve got some great tips and ideas to get you started:
Function rooms
Often it’s a good idea if your awards ceremony is being held at a hotel, to hire out a second function room for the after party. This way you can have the staff set up, serve your guests and create the atmosphere you want without having to worry about the clean up the next day. Plus people don’t have to go far either to get there. This will of course have a set time it will be allowed to run until so if you are worried that people will be disappointed about the length of time the party can run for, then you might want to consider another option. Otherwise, this really is a great idea.
10 Important Tips for Award Presenters
Presenting or hosting a corporate awards ceremony can be a little nerve wracking, especially if you aren’t used to public speaking. There are however some surefire ways to ensure that you do everything you can to stay confident, calm and sounding your best. Follow these tips to help you make a lasting impression with your presentation/hosting skills:
Speak Eloquently
One of the most important things to remember and practice is how to really enunciate your words. There’s nothing worse than the wrong person coming up on stage because they thought they heard their name called. Practice as much as you can beforehand.
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How to Dress for a Formal Awards Night
Attending a corporate awards ceremony and stressing out about what to wear? Never fear! From choosing the right outfit to accessories and hairstyling, we’ve got some great tips that will have you looking so good, if there was a best dressed award for the night, you’d win hands down.
The type of event
The type of event will dictate heavily what you should wear. The key to finding out everything about how the night will run will be on the invitation. If it’s a formal sit down dinner, then you can wear stunning shoes that kill your feet as you won’t be standing all night. If it’s cocktail, then it’s a good idea to wear shoes that are a little more comfy because you could be standing for a good part of the evening.
Decoding The Dress Code
9 Tips for Writing an Awards Night Speech
Congratulations! You are about to be presented with a prestigious award in front of colleagues and important people within your industry at a big corporate awards night. With all of this also comes the acceptance speech. Depending on what type of event it is, this speech should range anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Regardless of this, there are some basic principles you should stick to when preparing your keynotes:
Consider the Demographic:
Think about who you are doing the speech for and why. There’s no point in making a reference to Justin Bieber’s hair if you are talking to a crowd of over 60′s.
7 Tips for Organising an Awards Night
Organising an important corporate awards night for your company can be a little nerve-wracking. You want to make sure everything goes right on the night so you can not only impress the boss but ensure that everything goes to plan. Here, we’ve listed some insider tips to help make your event the most talked about industry do of the season (for all the right reasons):
Get the team together
Right from the onset you need to have a team of colleagues to help you. Get this team together before you do anything else to ensure that no one misses out on important information.
