8 Corporate Events That Went Viral for All the Wrong Reasons

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Tammy Perkins

Bill Gates once watched a computer crash live on stage in front of the entire tech industry. Elon Musk once…

Why Your Employee Engagement Event Felt Like Work (And How to Actually Engage People)

2 weeks ago

The Day After Sarah and Mike sit in the break room, coffee in hand. The company's big employee engagement event…

The Q4 Vendor Crunch: Why Smart Planners Book in July

2 months ago

Your holiday party is five months away. Feels early, right? It's not. By the time most planners start vendor outreach…

I Read 200+ Comments From Event Planners on Reddit. Here’s What Actually Keeps Guests Engaged.

2 months ago

I came across a thread in r/EventPlanners last week while researching corporate event engagement ideas for 2026 that started with…

Why 90% of Event Swag Ends Up in Hotel Trash Bins (And the Business Case for Giving Nothing at All)

3 months ago

Key Takeaway 40% of corporate gifts are thrown away immediately. Only 21% of promotional items are kept long-term. Meanwhile, businesses…

Why Event Planners Burn Out (And the One Vendor Choice That Actually Helps)

3 months ago

TL;DR Event planner burnout is driven by the burden of vendor coordination, not workload. Every vendor you add brings hidden…

The Line Is the Activation: What Smart Corporate Event Planners Know That Others Don’t

3 months ago

You've seen it happen. The activation area is set up. The signage looks great. The vendor showed up on time.…

The Corporate Event Planner’s 2026 Field Guide: Vendors, ROI, and Everything That Can Go Wrong

5 months ago

The event industry changed faster in the last three years than it did in the previous ten. Budgets got scrutinized…