ContentsContents....................................................................................................................................................................... 2

I. 5 Office Moments That Are Worth A Party!..........................................................................................3

Promotions & Appraisals..................................................................................................................................4

Goals Reached........................................................................................................................................................5

Office Anniversaries............................................................................................................................................5

Month-end Birthday Celebrations................................................................................................................7

Retirement.............................................................................................................................................................. 8

New Year’s Party.................................................................................................................................................. 8

II. The Complete Cocktail Party Planning Guide......................................................................................9

Planning the Cocktails.....................................................................................................................................10

Guest List..............................................................................................................................................................11

Invitations.............................................................................................................................................................11

Setting the Scene................................................................................................................................................11

On the Day of Party...........................................................................................................................................12

III. Planning a Birthday Surprise For Your Boss?...............................................................................13

Find out your Boss’s likes/dislikes............................................................................................................14

Decorate the workspace.................................................................................................................................15

Invite the family................................................................................................................................................. 16

Arrange a cake.................................................................................................................................................... 17

Personalise the gifts:........................................................................................................................................18

Throw a mini lunch party..............................................................................................................................19

IV. Office Parties: The Do’s & the Don’ts................................................................................................20

Don’ts...................................................................................................................................................................... 21

Bring an Uninvited Guest...............................................................................................................................21

Overindulge..........................................................................................................................................................21

Drink out of your limits.................................................................................................................................. 21

Talk Business.......................................................................................................................................................22

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Dress Provocatively:........................................................................................................................................22

Gossip......................................................................................................................................................................22

Do................................................................................................................................................................................ 23

Get to Know Your Boss and Your Boss’s Boss......................................................................................23

Dress according to the nature of the event............................................................................................23

Participate.............................................................................................................................................................24

V. Organizing Corporate Parties and Events: Steps and Tips.........................................................25

1. Budget.............................................................................................................................................................26

2. Theme............................................................................................................................................................. 26

3. Book the Hotel/Venue.............................................................................................................................26

4. Catering.......................................................................................................................................................... 27

5. Security...........................................................................................................................................................27

6. Decorations.................................................................................................................................................. 27

7. Additional Vendors/Performers.........................................................................................................28

8. Photographer/Videographer...............................................................................................................28

9. Menu, Serving and Timing.....................................................................................................................28

10. Invitations:................................................................................................................................................29

11. Help:.............................................................................................................................................................29

12. Souvenir/ Memoir.................................................................................................................................29

13. Stay Ahead.................................................................................................................................................29

14. To Do list & Timeline............................................................................................................................30

VI. Plan The Perfect Corporate Party!.....................................................................................................31

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I. 5 Office Moments That Are Worth A Party!

To all the head honchos out there. Listen up!

All work and no play makes Jack a frustrated employee. Yup, its high time office cultures loosen up to some cheerful activities. It’s not much that your employees are asking for, but just some special and happy moments in office to be celebrated with a party.

It will not only give your employees a fun-filled boost but also help them socialize better with their co-workers. And we’re sure you know how much a good environment is important to build a successful team.

So here are some office moments that can be celebrated with a partayyy.

Promotions & Appraisals

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Probably the most-awaited and best time of the year for the employees.

Celebrate the moment with a casino or poker theme party. Let’s put those extra bucks to some good use! 

Goals Reached

Success party can be so inspiriting! After all that hard work, who wouldn’t want to celebrate the achievement? Let the theme be fun, free and liberating like the Hawaii or classic like an Award night.

Office Anniversaries

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Another year, another milestone! Office anniversaries can be so much fun if you have a great theme. We suggest Victorian or Retro.

Month-end Birthday Celebrations

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Rather than celebrating one birthday, why not celebrate many at one time. Let your employees feel special with a birthday party and a huge cake!

Retirement

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Bid farewell to the most trusted employees in your office with a grand retirement party. Let them feel how much they meant for the team and of course how much they will be missed. 

New Year’s Party

Last but not the least – a New Year’s party! What could be better than to bring in the New Year with the people who stuck through the company’s good and bad times?

So, what are you waiting for? Let’s pop the champagne, and raise a toast now!

II. The Complete Cocktail Party Planning Guide

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Cocktail parties are easy to plan and glamorous yet

relatively inexpensive.

When planning your party, it helps to choose a theme. This doesn’t mean all your guests have to show up dressed like pirates or their favorite movie stars—a theme can be discreet, such as a flavor or color that is present throughout the entire evening.

A creative theme can make your party feel special without adding to your budget, and it will help you come up with ideas for food, drinks, and decorations.

The key to any great party is for the host to have as much fun as the guests. This guide will make the experience easy and stress-free: It covers all the planning, from selecting a menu and setting up the bar to booking a venue.

Planning the Menu

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The traditional cocktail party fare is small, savory finger foods that can be eaten in one or two bites.

Typically, hors d’oeuvres are served before a meal and are not meant to be a substitute for a meal—the French “hors d’oeuvre”translates to “outside of meal.”

However, nowadays I find that it’s common for hors d’oeuvres to wind up replacing meals, so if your party takes place during normal lunch or dinner hours, plan to serve enough food to constitute a meal.

 Planning the Cocktails

The name says it all: Cocktails are a must at a cocktail party. While you can wait a bit to serve the food, you should have the drinks ready when the first guests walk through the door—it gives people something to do and gets them mingling.

There are three main approaches to serving drinks and each has merits.

1. A full bar includes a wide variety of liquors and mixers.2. A themed bar focuses on one type of liquor and an assortment of mixers.3. A signature cocktail bar features one or two mixed drinks.

Regardless of the way you choose to serve cocktails, be sure to include an appropriate amount of wine and beer. And always have plenty of water (make it special by serving sparkling water with lemon or berries) and at least one other nonalcoholic option, such as Virgin Mojito or simple Lemonade.

Guest List

On average, 60 percent of invited guests will show up to a party.

If you invite closer friends only, about 75 percent will come.

Always invite some new faces to make the party more interesting. And, since there are always last-minute cancellations and no-shows, invite one extra person for every ten who say they are coming.

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Invitations

If your party has a theme, use that to establish the look of your invitations. For example, in lieu of a traditional invitation send an object that communicates the theme of your party.

Or keep it simple and use e-mail invitations, which are easy to send and make keeping track of RSVPs a snap. Add some personality with a photo of yourself or background music.

Setting the Scene

When choosing a location, think about the season and theme of your party—for example, have it in a room with a view of the garden if it’s spring, or in a banquet in summers and winters.

Arrange furniture so that guests can move throughout the banquet room easily, clearing out extra furniture if necessary.

Although most guests will be mingling, leave some furniture placed against the walls or in small clusters—there should be seating for 10 to 15 percent of your guests.

If the space you choose is going to be crowded, use a large (preferably round) center table as the one and only food station.

If your space is a little too big for the number of guests, then use multiple small tables to create mini food stations, which will encourage guests to move throughout the banquet.

Don’t forget to include small drop tables where guests can put used glasses or napkins. Place a tray on the table to signal that it’s a drop- off area. This will also make it easier for you to pick up any discarded items.

On the Day of Party

Prepare a timeline and a check list to help you out doing things faster and in an organized way.

Check up with the banquet manager a few hours before to make sure the preparation is going well.

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Keep extra glassware in case of excess use or breaking of some! Take time to get ready and sleep well to avoid baggy eyes and finally enjoy! It’s a party and not a job!

III. Planning a Birthday Surprise For Your Boss?

If there’s one person at work you want to be on good terms with, it’s your BOSS! :P

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Jokes apart, it’s always a blessing to have a leader who guides you, encourages you and stand with the team when they have to.

So on his/her upcoming birthday, why not plan the best surprise party ever!

Yes, let them know how much they mean to the team. Keep the celebrations in office simple, minimal and full of memories.

Confused how to go about it? Here are some insider’s tips for you:

Find out your Boss’s likes/dislikes

Before you start planning or making a budget, find out your boss’s likes and dislikes. Get in touch with people close to them at work or probably give their family member a call.

P.S – Don’t forget to inform them it’s a surprise!

Decorate the workspace

Decorate the workspace according to the selected theme. If you could arrange for a customized ‘Happy Birthday Boss‘ it would be great.

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Invite the family

Imagine your boss’s face when he/she sees her family at work! Inform the family well in advance about the plan and request them to drop in for few minutes before lunch or during lunch time.

Arrange a cake

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Customize it and write a message that would make him/her crack up with laughter!

Personalise the gifts:Yes, and by personalize we don’t mean ‘You’re the Best Boss on a coffee mug!

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1. Get a huge card, ask people to write down memories.

2. Make every sign on a parchment and frame it.

3. If you have office groups’ picture, you can frame them too.

Throw a mini lunch party

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Place an order at your boss’s favourite restaurant or the sandwich guy if that’s his/her favourite.

Keep the celebration going, but hey, makes sure the daily work routine is not disturbed.

Get set planning now, ‘cause a happy Boss, means happy you! 

IV. Office Parties: The Do’s & the Don’ts

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Going to the

company office party? You can take advantage of the office   party to have some fun and advance your career or misbehave and stifle your

career. Here are some basic rules and guidelines for the do’s and don’ts to endure and flourish the office party.

Use these tips to make sure you don’t do or say the wrong thing in front of the right people.

 

 Don’ts 

Bring an Uninvited GuestYou are not invited!

Smaller parties may mean that spouses and partners are not included in the festivities, even if they have been in years past. If you’re not sure if you can bring a guest, you should definitely

ask. If it’s not indicated that a guest is invited, be polite and honor that request.

OverindulgeLeave something for others too!!

Don’t be a glutton and gorge on anything and everything on the table! Take smaller bites of your food on the plate and take time to chew the food. Pause and make small conversation with people willing to talk. An acquaintance one told that go to an

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office party with a half-full stomach to avoid over eating and leaving nothing for your colleagues. 

Drink out of your limitsI am drunk, hence I can dance.

Trust me; nobody wants to see you dance with two left feet after you have emptied 6-7 glasses of wine. It’s a party yes, but it’s still an extension to the office.

You should look and behave like a Know your limits. If you don’t know then please spare everybody else a drama

Talk BusinessBlah! Blah! Blah!

Keep business discussions very brief. If you’ve got spouses and partners in the conversation, they often won’t have any idea what you’re going on about, so you’re just being a bore. Don’t pester a co-worker whining about your problems. Leave the office at the office. 

Dress Provocatively:

Oops!

I am sure you have a good physique but you don’t need to publicize that on your corporate event.

Don’t wear a strong perfume to suffocate your colleagues with the strong odor and don’t wear something which makes you feel uncomfortable all the time.

Gossip

*Sigh*

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 People tend to unwind at the parties, but remember it’s an office party. Don’t blabber stuff which might lead you into trouble. Be mindful of what you say, be it the jokes, one-liners or comments. People hear, remember, spice up the whole thing and then of course talk about it. Before you know, it spreads like a virus.  

Do 

Get to Know Your Boss and Your Boss’s BossStart with a good handshake!

Use this opportunity to interact with those with whom you don’t get the opportunity to usually interact.

Talk to them upon general and current topics, make a small talk but don’t come across as a “know-it-all”.

 Take advantage of the event to impress but don’t end up depressing them.

 Dress according to the nature of the event

Look professional.

 Know the nature of the event. If it’s a cocktail party then dress according to that maintaining the professionalism. If it a family picnic day wear casual yet civil dress. You might want to keep your hands off all the things you wear in a night club. Keep an air of professionalism in mind when you choose your attire.  

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Participate

Look interested!

 Be it a conversation or any activity, contribute to it. Come across as a warm and easy to converse with person.

There might be a lot of gloom and doom around you but try to banish the negative aura and spread positivity around you. It is always appreciated.   

Keep all these things in mind and don’t forget to book your party venue with http://www.bookeventz.com/  for a splendid experience in banquet booking.

V. Organizing Corporate Parties and Events: Steps and Tips

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In a professional setting or a corporate work environment we might come

across the task of event management for the company. It’s not just an event, it’s the company’s image as well on the line, and you certainly don’t want to mess that up at all!

So here are some tips and steps on how not only to avoid a disaster but to manage a corporate party or event with perfection!

The first and foremost subject to pay think about is, the Goals and Objectives of the event.

Depending on that you can come up with the:

1. Budget

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Budget is the most important factor is one of the most important things. 

2. Theme

Coming up with a theme which is appropriate to the event type, crowd type and mood of the event will determine the food, décor & music.

3. Book the Hotel/Venue

Decide within the best and appropriate venue for your event and hotel for the out of town invitees. Try to get the best deal as booking multiple rooms can always result in a discount.

4. Catering

Food and services are very important, select the best services. Make sure the catering employees are good mannered and polite.

5. Security

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This not only protects you from liability, but this can help keep outsiders from crashing your party, or In case there is any mishap it will be handled quickly. 

6. Decorations

Find out if the venue can provide decorations or if you have to supply your own. This can go a long way in making an impression.

7. Additional Vendors/Performers

A Bartender or a Live Band can influence the ambience of the event.

8. Photographer/Videographer

If the event needs to archive for future or maybe if it’s a party, a professional photographer will make sure it lasts forever!

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9. Menu, Serving and Timing

After deciding the menu, timing of the food serving makes sure that nothing is wasted and the guests get everything you’ve spent money on. One thing you should NEVER cut back is services.

Also, detailed floor plans, agenda, and food station displays can also make sure they don’t miss out on anything!

10.Invitations:

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Send out your invitations via traditional mail or electronically, just make sure it doesn’t feel like Spam. For the more important ones, you can ask the higher personnel to personally invite them so they take the event seriously.

 

11.Help:

Delegate responsibilities to committees you know will be great at their assigned tasks or jobs.  Hand pick your staff based on some of the characteristics you have seen in each person.  You will thank yourself for asking for the help!

12.Souvenir/ Memoir

Souvenirs are helpful in making your event unforgettable, instead of the general give-aways like notepads, brochures – relating to the event.

13.Stay Ahead

Always have rebound strategies for fiascos like lack of parking area, flexibility in the number of guests, as spouse, husbands and significant others should also be counted, arrangement of a stage, slideshow options, microphones and all other equipment that just might come in handy.

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Don’t miss out 

14.To Do list & Timeline

Be Time-sensitive; make sure that you have created a countdown list to stay on top of the little details.

VI. Plan The Perfect Corporate Party!

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Corporate events are a great opportunity for your company

to showcase its accomplishments and create camaraderie among employees and clients. Options range from fancy a corporate gala to a casual party.

You need to think of activities, themes, promotions, food, and entertainment. Employees, investors, clients, and even potential customers may attend, so it’s important that your company is presented well.

Although this may seem like a daunting task, staying organized and following few of these corporate party trips can help ensure that you have a successful event.

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Planning the Perfect Corporate Party

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