Corporate Holiday Party Ideas, Tips & Suggestions

This season – get ready to rock your corporate holiday party! These simple, yet effective ideas for corporate holiday parties can make your event the talk of the company.

Make The Speeches Brief: Long winded speakers can end the party mood! Ask your CEO and others who want to address your guests to keep it short. They should create notes to help solve the problem of endless, ad-libbed speeches.

Relax The Party Agenda: When you push too many things into your event, guests can’t relax. Holiday parties should be fun. Give everyone the chance to slow down, joke and enjoy the fellowship. Your party schedule should be flexible so things don’t feel rushed, but there is activity so people won’t disappear early.

Personalize Your Entertainment: Diverse groups can be hard to please. Make certain to select your corporate holiday party entertainment with care. Just as a caterer walks you through selecting dishes for your event, your entertainer should have a firm grasp of your audience. When the program is about your company, your people and your message, everyone becomes involved!

Looking for more holiday party ideas? Check out The Savvy Event Planner Podcast. Tom interviews event planners and event professionals to get the latest ideas and insights to help you. Episode One features Tom's wife Dierdre, who plans corporate events for her company. Find out how they quickly adapted to a budget cut by transforming their office into a winter holiday party space. Click the image below to check out the podcast now!

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