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.
Why Participating in a Team Sport Could Boost Your Child’s Confidence
Being a kid is tough, despite what us adults might think. And when a child’s confidence is low, it shows in a number of ways. If you’re concerned that your child is suffering from low self confidence, then why not enroll them in a team sport? There is so much more to team sports than winning trophies and dealing with soccer mums. Here, we’ve outlined how team sports can really boost your child’s confidence in a number of ways:
Getting physical = feeling happy
It’s no secret that when we exercise, chemicals are released in our brains that make us feel good. Studies have actually shown that exercise can ease anxiety and depression also. There’s no doubt that your child will start feeling better about themselves simply by being active on a regular basis.
Stamp out boredom and anti-social behaviour
Great Ideas for After Season Parties
Your team has done wonderfully this season so it’s definitely time to kick up the heels and celebrate the end of the season. But what sort of party should you go with? Something low key, or something more along the lines of a cocktail event? Here, we’ve listed some great ideas no matter what type of sport and level you’re playing at. From hosting a cocktail event that’s nothing short of something you’d see at a corporate awards ceremony, to an afternoon BBQ at a local park, we’ve got some great ideas you don’t want to miss:
Family friendly fun
Great Gifts for 21st Birthdays
21st birthdays are always a very important occasion, usually marked by a big celebration with family and friends. With 21st birthdays comes 21st birthday gifts and it can be hard to decide on the right gift for the person you are buying for. Here, we’ve got a great list of gift ideas suitable for all sorts of 21 year olds. From trophies , glasses and novelty gifts to gift vouchers for sky diving, we’ve got a great list of ideas you don’t want to miss:
A voucher for an experience
Turning 21 is a big deal. What better way to celebrate this important milestone birthday than by doing something you’ve always wanted to do? This is where an experience based voucher comes in. Of course, you need to know the person to know what they’d like. You may decide on getting them a skydiving voucher for instance. Or perhaps you want them to really learn to appreciate that alcohol they will be chugging down from a yard glass at their party and want to buy them a voucher for a beer and wine tasting course? Whatever you choose, it’s something they can have a great time doing and remember that they did it for their 21st, compliments of you.
5 Ideas for Rewarding Staff
Rewarding staff is a great way to boost morale and create a positive environment in your workplace. Although it can be, it doesn’t necessarily have to be monetary either. Here, we’ve listed some great ideas for rewarding your employees. From corporate awards for those who are high achievers to bottles of wine and vouchers to say ‘thank you’ for the extra effort put in after hours, we’ve got a great range of ideas suitable for all sorts of staff members:
Gifts
Gifts are often a great idea for rewarding staff. You just need to choose something that is going to be liked by everyone, and isn’t too much of a personal gift. Some great ideas for this include a quality bottle of wine or champagne, gold class movie passes or a gift certificate. Another great idea is a voucher for dinner for two at an exclusive restaurant.
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.
In Search of the Work-Life Balance…An Employer’s Guide
Work. We spend the majority of our waking hours there for 40-odd years of our lives, and yet the concept seems so foreign from any real enjoyment for so many of us. From an employer’s point of view, creating a work culture that staff enjoy being part of is surely better in the long-run in terms of staff retention, quality of work and the overall energy in the office, and yet so many ignore the small changes they can make to create a more pleasant working environment for their employees. Now, more than ever before, we hear the term ‘work life balance’ being used more frequently, and some employers seem to have received the memo! If you’re an employer or a people manager, this article is filled with suggestions on how to bring more ‘life’ into the work side of things. From injecting a little bit of fun with workplace competitions and novelty trophies to more serious and long-term changes like creating a more flexible work schedule, we’ve got five tips to help you achieve that elusive but not impossible ‘work life balance’ for your employees.
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