Stacy Wyatt – Articles

Planning and Measuring the Success of Donor Events

  Donor events are important for non-profit organizations as they provide a platform to engage donors, build strong relationships, and raise funds for the organization’s cause. To make these events successful, planners…

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How to Raise Your Rates and Keep Your Clients

As an entrepreneur in a highly competitive industry where pricing is not standardized, there is no set barrier to entry, and no agreed-upon pricing model, determining what to charge to both make…

Five Ways to Deal With Negative Google Reviews

Five Ways to Handle a Bad Google Review When it comes to running a business, online reviews can make or break your reputation. A string of negative reviews on Google can be…

2021 Sponsorship Marketing Awards (SMAs)

  Redstone Agency rocks the SMA’s. The Sponsorship Marketing Council Canada (SMCC) was created in 2004 to drive advancements in the field of sponsorship marketing. Its mission is to help brand marketers, agency…

Five Insider Tips to Submitting Award Winning Entries

  Entering award competitions is important for event professionals—not just to win but also for the experience. Valuable lessons come from the time and effort spent preparing your entry, and the application…

Seven Hundred and Fifteen Days

We’ve gone through a dramatic evolution of the human experience and have a story to tell. Today marks seven hundred fifteen days since our world changed. It’s been 715 days since we…

Corey Mandell – The Greatest Showman

Corey Mandell is a showman; entertainment is in his blood. It’s a passion he turned from a part-time gig at eighteen into a career that has taken him across the globe and…

Creating a Virtual Event With a New Vision

By Julia O’Grady A virtual event should not be a recreation of what your live event was going to be. Your virtual event should be what you envision your event would look…

Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage Gala

At the Canadian Opera Company’s 2019 Centre Stage Gala, Subaqueous, guests were invited to journey from land to sea, plunging beyond the surface of all things ordinary and diving into fantasy. The…

PDS’s West Coast Rainforest Party

The creative team at Pacific Destination Services (PDS) imagined and designed a spectacularly successful West Coast Rainforest Party in the Exhibit Halls of the Vancouver Convention Centre. The concept was to capture…

The Greatest Showman: Corey Mandell

Corey Mandell is a showman; entertainment is in his blood. It’s a passion he has turned from a part-time gig at eighteen, into a career that has taken him across the globe…

Let Yourself Fall

  About now, almost every blog post or newsletter starts with a comment about the leaves turning colours, the chill in the air, pumpkin spice everything, and the stress of prepping for the…

The Summer Issue is Out

CLICK TO READ We are obsessing over our new issue, featuring 152 stunning pages of the very best event ideas and inspiration in the country including the Canadian Event Awards 2018 Winners…

Are You Guilty Of These 5 Powerless Behaviours?

By Mary Foley Do you feel like you might be struggling to get the respect and credit you deserve? In today’s business world, we constantly work to establish ourselves; as a brand,…

#InstaLove Editor’s Pick

Our Favourite Picks That Will Leave You Craving Still Crushing Hard Over Foodart, Behold This Pretty Spectacular Collection Curated By Our Editor @Stacywyatteventgirl because… #WeHeartEvents @italianfoodphotography Because who doesn’t love pantone colour…

Please Be Seated

This collection of stunning seating options should offer loads of design ideas. We are not suggesting you design your entire event around a chair but then again… these are also beautiful and…

The Power of Experiential Marketing

Best Experiential Marketing Event - Mandell Entertainment, Toronto, ON for Roots Northern Lights Three extraordinary examples of how to use experiential marketing to cut through the clutter and connect directly with the…

Seneca’s Inspired Spaces

Seneca students don’t wait for inspiration to strike… they create it! On February 21, Seneca’s Event Management – Event and Exhibit Design students competed in Inspired Spaces, the program’s annual tabletop challenge. Students…

The Designs of Bloor Street Entertains

Bloor-Yorkville’s iconic storefronts in Toronto were transformed into luxury dining spaces for CANFAR’s annual 21st Bloor Street Entertains. The event raises between $500,000 and $1 million annually for AIDS Research. The fundraiser includes…