Things To Consider When Planning A Corporate Event

Corporate Events

从公司烧烤和野餐到正式盛会和假日派对，公司活动范围的规模和主题，客人列表通常包括具有广泛不同口味和兴趣的人。

Planning and creating the perfect blend of food, service and entertainment can be a huge challenge.

Corporate Events

选择完美的菜单和订购适量的食物是至关重要的。

您对公司活动的目标应确定您提供的食物类型以及如何服务。

当你的目标很有趣时，鸡尾酒招待会是最受欢迎的选择。

Food stations or mini-meals circulated by servers work best.

让它变得简单

然而，没有什么比在派对上越来越糟糕，一方面用一盘食物找到自己，另一杯葡萄酒，绝不能够将食物带到你的嘴里。

Add a handbag to the situation and a woman could starve.

High cocktail tables scattered throughout the venue can help alleviate this situation.

手指食品是另一种选择，消除了板和叉的需要。

Formal Corporate Events

For more formal corporate events, or when there is to be a presentation, it is advisable to have your guests seated at a table. Plated meals, where meals are delivered to the table avoids the distraction of traffic going to and from the buffet and ensures that your guests are all served at the same time. Buffets, however, are usually less expensive and offer your guests a wider variety of menu items.

Most corporate events will require renting at least some equipment, tableware, glasses, linen, tenting and more. It may be tempting to lower your costs by coordinating the rentals yourself and thereby saving the make-up charged by caterers and corporate event planners.

对成功至关重要

However, although it seems a simple task, getting it right is vital to the success of your corporate event and if you don't know what you are doing you could end up in the kitchen washing glasses or driving to the gas station for more ice in the middle of your event. Coordinating rentals is not a simple task and is best left to the experts.

Similarly, cutting staff can seem like a way to reduce costs especially if the venue is smaller. Keep in mind the number of staff required is dependant on the number of guests and the menu not on the size of the space. A good rule of thumb for cocktail receptions is one server for every 20 - 30 guests and one (beer & wine only) or two (full bar) bartenders for every 80 - 100 guests. For buffet dinners one staff for every 20-25 guests, and for plated formal dinners one staff for every 10-20 guests.

Recruit Volunteers

Recruiting volunteers can be a great way to keep your budget in line as long as their responsibilities are made very clear well in advance. Too often well-meaning volunteers pitch in enthusiastically at the beginning of the corporate event and then wander off to chat with other guests leaving the skeleton staff with more work than they can handle.

如果您想使用志愿者，在公司活动的前提下进行正式会议，并详细介绍他们将预期执行和清除开始和完成时间的详细信息清单。

Office Party

Clearly hosting an office party is a massive undertaking and, if not planned properly, they can be just as painful to attend. Choose an experienced corporate caterer to help you plan an appropriate menu and work through the details of service, rental and entertainment.

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