Planning Pod

AUGUST 16, 2022

From missed payments and complex registration systems, most event organizers spend endless hours following outdated processes that can lead to missed details, lost ticket sales, and miscommunication between the vendors, volunteers, attendees, and other event participants. Networking and business events. The good news?

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Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Design and seating – For building and tracking event floorplans, space or room layouts, production and logistics planning, and assigned seating arrangements. Event project management – For managing budgets, calendars, tasks/to-do’s, schedules/timelines, checklists, files, dashboards and reporting.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Further, many of the programs they were using to document and track important information weren’t designed for those purposes, leaving significant functionality gaps and creating unnecessary workarounds that opened the door for errors. I’m old school and I usually have a pen and paper planner where I write things down.

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Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2020

Don’t battle busy schedules just to grab a signature. Share everything from the catering menu to banquet event order to special requests in a quick email. Digital files also make it easy to send the same document to multiple people like hosts, their event planners and your venue staff. 2 – Do you reuse it?

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Planning Pod

MARCH 24, 2021

We built Planning Pod for busy event professionals and business owners who run event- and hospitality-related businesses of all sizes, including: Event planners Wedding planners Event management firms Event venues and spaces Small hotels, B&Bs and restaurants. Planning Pod. Who Is It For.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 17, 2020

Even if you aren’t having any events right now or in the short-term, events will certainly come back, and there will probably be increased demand with everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) wanting to make up for all that lost interaction and face time (literal face time, that is). Document and Spreadsheet Software Tools.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 10, 2022

(We here at Planning Pod can relate as we have also had our own double-whammy of staffing challenges being a software company in the events, hospitality and restaurant industry.). Most venue managers, event planners, hoteliers and restaurateurs have already been adjusting their business plans on a weekly or monthly basis during the pandemic.

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Planning Pod

JULY 13, 2022

When Laura first joined the Barber Vintage Motorsports events team in 2015, they were using a variety of scattered and disconnected software tools to manage all of their in-house and private events. “We We had an in-house system for managing staffing and company documents. It just became way too much to handle.”.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Covers pre-, during and post-event attendee engagement. Features include schedule, event map, branding, in-app note taking and extensive networking capabilities. Perfect for: Planners who want an easy way to create an event app and a versatile feature set. Great solution for festivals and large public events.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 8, 2022

Now, instead of sifting through file cabinets of documents, Norton can quickly log onto Planning Pod and see everything he needs to do his job. Banquet Event Order (BEO). Banquet event orders (BEOs) provide clients, vendors, and site catering staff with a concise, one-page summary of event details. Client portal.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 20, 2024

This comprehensive guide on how to start an event planning business is built to help you think ahead and stay prepared so you can become profitable without panic. Planning Pod is your ultimate event management toolkit. Join the countless professionals who trust Planning Pod to make their events unforgettable.

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Planning Pod

JULY 1, 2024

From the travel and equipment setup of event planners to the physical demands faced by caterers, security personnel, rental crews, and production teams, there’s always a risk of work-related injuries in the event industry. War and terrorism: Losses due to acts of war or terrorism are most often excluded.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 16, 2022

From missed payments and complex registration systems, most event organizers spend endless hours following outdated processes that can lead to missed details, lost ticket sales, and miscommunication between the vendors, volunteers, attendees, and other event participants. Networking and business events. The good news?

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Sales Documents & Tools (Proposals, Contracts, etc.). This includes the ability to schedule followup reminders and send/receive email communications with prospects so you can quickly increase your event / group sales and private dining bookings. to an email as well as link any email message with a lead or event.

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Planning Pod

JULY 27, 2022

However, for you, their timeline is essential so that you know if they are entering your pipeline with a pressing or distant need and so you can schedule followup emails and calls at the appropriate time. Then you can back out from there when you would want to provide a proposal, schedule a site visit and set a decision date with them.

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Planning Pod

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It doesn’t have to be an overwhelming or daunting document; instead, consider it a guide to help business owners stay on track as they navigate the world of entrepreneurship. From there, explain how you plan to build relationships with event planners, event venues, and potential clients (i.e.,

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Planning Pod

JULY 9, 2021

Planning Pod is the perfect event management platform for wedding pros, whether you are an event planner or manage a wedding venue. In fact, the first version of our product created in 2007 was wedding planning software for couples and planners. Send and receive all your event-related emails from one central inbox.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 12, 2019

In fact, there are a handful of critical details that every person involved in producing the event must have at their fingertips – from the venue staff and managers, event planners and outside vendors to the clients themselves. What Is a Banquet Event Order? What Details Are in a Banquet Event Order?

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Planning Pod

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether you’re an event venue, a professional event organizer, or the de-facto event planner for your organization, creating the best experience for potential attendees can feel overwhelming—especially with event industry statistics suggesting that we’ll see the return of full in-person live events in the upcoming year.

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Brilliant Event Planning

MAY 26, 2020

As wedding planners, we’re rescheduling events and still planning for next year. But, without events, we do have a little bit more flexibility in our schedules. You also might want to consider tools to automate your social media posts, meeting scheduling, task management, and client reminders. Update your website.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 12, 2021

. #2 – Devising a business plan makes the process of launching an event space business vastly smoother. This document can be quite lengthy and in-depth because it fleshes out every detail regarding your venue business – from facility and organizational structure to finances, budgets and marketing. Are you charging too much?

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 16, 2023

You can use your event management CRM to create a schedule for the event, including session times and speaker information, which can be easily shared with others to keep everyone informed and on schedule. This includes contact information, event details, and any notes or comments you’ve made about the client.

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Busy Bee's Events

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Questions to ask the Wedding Planner How long have you been in the industry and how old is your business? Do you consider yourself an event designer or event planner? What is the payment schedule? Are you open to working with other vendors I find elsewhere? How many weddings do you book in a weekend?

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 28, 2021

Some of the specific event booking and CRM tools Dianne loves include… The venue booking calendar is a central team calendar where the entire event planning team can view booked events as well as holds, leads, payment dates and appointments or walkthroughs. The data and knowledge must stay with the organization.”.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2019

Picture this, you spend three months planning your biggest event yet and the day comes and things start to go wrong. If you’re an experienced event planner then you know this is bound to happen, but if this is your first event you might be caught off guard. Scheduling is off. Important members are late.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 1, 2023

According to Shaun, being able to manage all of the details and logistics of each of your client’s weddings is the differentiator between a good wedding planner and an unsuccessful one. Whether you’re planning just a handful of weddings or have a booked calendar, it’s crucial to have a good process and tools to keep you on schedule.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Notifications and alerts for when there are scheduling conflicts. Because nobody is perfect and bad/inaccurate information can be introduced into even the best closed systems, the system you use should have a real-time notification trigger if the information being entered conflicts with a currently scheduled event or booking.

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Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Design and seating – For building and tracking event floorplans, space or room layouts, production and logistics planning, and assigned seating arrangements. Event project management – For managing budgets, calendars, tasks/to-do’s, schedules/timelines, checklists, files, dashboards and reporting.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Here’s a list of specialized tools to consider: Online registration and ticketing platforms are invaluable tools for event planners. These tools simplify the process of attendee sign-up and ticket purchasing, providing a user-friendly and efficient experience for event-goers.

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Peerspace

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Hired help Professional services like caterers, bartenders, or event planners reduce stress and ensure polish. Consider your guests availability and potential scheduling conflicts. Assign a friend or hire a photographer to document the event so youre not stuck behind the camera all night.

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Planning Pod

JULY 6, 2023

Are you an event planner looking for a platform? Click here to check out our comparison on event management software. Planning Pod Planning Pod is the ideal solution for any event pro who is dealing with a high-volume of events or wants to take their client’s white-glove experience to the next level.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 31, 2022

Without up-to-date event and business details at the ready, any venue team is fighting an uphill battle to grow as a business. The time required to search through multiple documents, emails, and other channels of communication for details is far too consuming for any member of a team to manage regularly. Floor plans.

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Hello Endless Events

APRIL 21, 2023

Once we could connect partners and get people together in documents or meeting virtually, you could see the wheels turning, and people were creating this content.” We had an AirTable where we’d manage the schedule on. The first thing he says they did right was to have an underlying plan driving the event’s schedule. “It

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Brandee Gaar, who runs her own wedding planning firm called Blush by Brandee Gaar as well as her own business consultancy for wedding planners , understands the frustrations of working from multiple business and project management tools and free apps. “We Also quickly add and access notes for each wedding event.

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Eventtia

APRIL 18, 2022

Here are some important details to work on during this phase: Finalize the event design. This is about finalizing the details of your event, especially on components that impact attendees the most: Agenda/schedule. Plan a detailed agenda for your event. Event script. Draft event script (i.e., Production.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Here’s a list of specialized tools to consider: Online registration and ticketing platforms are invaluable tools for event planners. These tools simplify the process of attendee sign-up and ticket purchasing, providing a user-friendly and efficient experience for event-goers.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 20, 2022

List high-level event details: Type of event Format of event. (In-person, Dates Attendees Location/venue Target audience Unique Value Proposition (UVP) Marketing plan Event agenda (schedule) Revenue model Team roles and responsibilities Develop an event budget. 3rd Phase: Up to 1-2 months before the event.

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