Friday, February 16, 2018

Staff Your Event

A successful event relies on a few important things - a decent caterer, gorgeous décor, and a pleasing venue. However, what makes all of these factors present and beautiful to the guests is the staff working at the event. They play a major part in the successful accomplishment of the objectives of your event.

Event staffing can provide many services for your event including:


ü  Registration Staff
ü  Food servers
ü  Scanners
ü  Show Office Staff
ü  Coat checkers
ü  Customer information representatives.
ü  Hostesses
ü  Greeters
ü  Ticket Takers
ü  Conference Room Monitors
ü  Parking attendants

All event staff working your event must be akin to customer service representatives so, secure the event staff that best suits your needs and make sure to bring in adequate professional and proficient professionals to attend to your guests’ needs.
During the event, the staff will be representing you. They should be friendly and generous in order to bring a positive feel to your event. It is also important to let them know how the event will unfold (The Execution Plan) and what is expected of them (dress code, protocol, behaviour, etc).

Spending some time with the staff before the event is essential. All the staff members must be trained accordingly well in advance and also have time to ask any question they may have before in advance.


They must be well aware of the full schedule for the event as well as all basics direction information (i.e. washroom location, place to eat, coat check, show office, etc.)

Sharing information is extreme important therefore effective communication is a must. The more the staff is aware of your/guests needs, the better the service will be, resulting in very satisfied guests.


Finally, as the saying goes: 

"The key ingredient in any successful event is the ability of everyone to come together as a team." -  Judy Allen

What is your opinion about this article? Do you think that event staff can support your host duties?

1 comment:

  1. Hey Jady,

    Great read! Lots of useful info here. Having the right staff assisting with your event is hugely important. These are the people that will be interacting with your guests from beginning to end. Whether they're greeting or serving. At my firm, we always hire staff from staffing agencies because we know they are experienced and we can 100% trust them. As you mentioned, they will be representing our company and we need to be sure it will be a positive experience. Making them a part of the event will ensure a successful one. I like this article a lot and definitely think event staff are very useful in supporting all duties.

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