The Event is Never About the Event

Hosting a smooth golf tournament, awards ceremonies, presentations, excellent hotels, and delicious food and beverage are table-stakes. What you plan  beyond that, however, is what builds the identity, starts the conversations, creates the stories, and positions your company as truly different.  

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Mike Duseberg
"But OUR Event is DIFFERENT..."

“But our event is different…”

Of course it is. Every event has its own unique venue, audience, and objectives.

“Can I tell you what we typically do for clients who are trying to achieve (that objective") under those circumstances?”

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Mike Duseberg
Is Your Entertainment Entertaining?

Is your entertainment really entertaining?

After twenty years, I’ve discovered that anyone can “do” their act, but only great performers know how to make their act “entertaining.”

Here are the three criteria that guarantee success at your next corporate event.

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Mike Duseberg
The Event Parthenon

Just as the Parthenon in Greece has many strong stone pillars supporting its roof, great businesses have multiple methods for generating conversations with new, repeat, expansion, reactivation, and referral clients.

Great events utilize the same principle…

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Mike Duseberg
Lessons from The Masters: Belonging

It is a unique feeling to be "together" and among friends in a special place where you feel like you "belong".

That's what makes private club membership so special. That's the feeling we want at "team building" meetings and conferences. It's what makes clients hope and pray they'll be invited to our hospitality events.

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Mike Duseberg
Lessons from The Masters: Vision

To some, Roberts and Jones had a reputation for being persnickety micro-managers with a "my way or the highway" attitude, but I think they're relentlessly pursuing their vision of what the club and the tournament can be.

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Mike Duseberg