The corporate event has such potential – to bring employee’s together, to foster a culture of sharing and openness, to create good memories that will tide employees through hard times at work and help create a far more stable workforce. However, there’s a reason that most people groan when they open an office Christmas party invitation! Competing interests and demands often lead to corporate event entertainment, activity choices and outcomes that really don’t match the hype over corporate event possibilities. Today we check out some do’s and don’ts for choosing everything from your corporate event entertainment or Melbourne corporate band, to a venue, an activity and a theme.
Do: Ask the people what they want
Many corporate event entertainment organisers feel that if they ask people what they want, there will be so many competing interests that they will only have to disappoint some people anyway. This is quite true – but you can get around it by asking your employees to negotiate an activity amongst themselves. At least everyone has the opportunity to speak and argue for their choice, then! » Read more..