by Krista Benoit | May 2, 2025 | Branding, Budgeting, Event Management, Event Planning, Events, Goals, Post-Event
This post was originally posted in January 2019, updated May 2025. Attn: Event Planners Do you ever ask yourself this question … Why are we doing this event!? It has happened to me too. It usually comes up during the post-event debrief when we’re huddled...
by Krista Benoit | Feb 7, 2019 | Budgeting, Conference Planning, Event Fees, Event Planning, Events
“I’m referring to those pesky levies that get tacked onto final invoices and can potentially derail your event budget in the final hours (or post-event when it’s too late to adjust).” Event Budgeting When it comes to event planning, your event budget is usually pretty...
by Krista Benoit | Dec 5, 2017 | Budgeting, Event Experience, Event Fees, event industry, Event Management, Event Planning, Events, Variable Expenses
“Variable expenses can be WAY more challenging to predict than fixed event expenses, because they will almost certainly go up or down.” Variable Expenses 101 A budget is said to be ‘a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions’. I hate to tell you this,...
by Krista Benoit | Mar 29, 2017 | Budgeting, Events, Fixed Expenses, Marketing
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by Krista Benoit | Feb 15, 2017 | Budgeting, Business, Events
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