Bright Ideas Blog
Catch up with all of our latest thoughts, projects, announcement and other shareable moments!
Managing Event Volunteers
Planning an event can be a stressful affair, especially if your volunteers are giving you grief. Unfortunately, most of them are inexperienced and may cause you to worry unless you do your part in ensuring that everything operates smoothly. Even though it’s impossible...
Cannabis and the Event World
October 17th marked the day that Canada fully legalized the use of recreational cannabis. Cannabis was previously available only for medicinal purposes, but now Canada will be the second country in the world, after Uruguay that allows adults to purchase and consume it...
How to Weave a First Nations Theme into Your Event
When you fall in love and find ‘The One,’ things fall into place. But, what happens when you want to exchange your wedding vows in an ambiance different than anything expected? Nothing negatively dramatic… that is - if you partner with Bright Ideas. How so? Well, when...
Zero Carbon Footprint Events
Measuring and reducing a carbon footprint can be difficult, especially in the Event industry. There are the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the travel of the attendees, whether it’s by car or plane. Other than that, there are also emissions involved with their...
4 Engaging Ways to Use Social Media for Team Building
What’s better: running a business without ever trying to nurture positive bonds between employees, or helping them cultivate strong relationships that facilitate better cooperation? When you pose the question that way, the answer is clear. Still, many business owners...
Successful Goal Setting: Tips, Tricks and What to Avoid
The start of a new year and its first few months are always the time for reflection and setting new goals. Unfortunately, you may have already seen your New Year’s resolutions crumble to the dust. That’s nothing to be ashamed of — as it turns out, setting arbitrary...
Year of the Pig – Business Style!
The first day of the 2019 Chinese New Year is February 4th. This year will be in the sign of the Pig — Earth Pig, to be more exact. It brings plenty of new influences, especially for us in the business world of event organization. What will 2019 bring? What are going to be the strengths and weaknesses of this year and where are the pitfalls to watch out for? Let’s have a look!
2019 Pantone Color of the Year – Living Coral!
After 2018’s dramatic and gorgeous Pantone Color of the Year, 18-3838 UltraViolet, we have a new winner that will dominate the design world in 2019: 16-1546 Living Coral. A much warmer and natural shade, Living Coral is going to bring a different influence to design...
We Offer Event Consulting
Planning an event but don’t know where to begin or how to source the material you need? Already started but got stuck with all the party planning intricacies? Worry not. We have the ideal solution to help you with all of these things. And it’s coming soon!
Great Gatsby Celebration
Oh, boy! Don’t 1920s sound amazing! Parties during the Roaring Twenties remain some of the most sensational, spectacular, over-the-top parties in history. The period when anything and everything seemed possible focused on celebrating life, liberating your post-war spirit from depression and embracing freedom in all its glory.
Event Lighting
Whether you are orchestrating lighting for a large scale production or a small VIP event, setting the perfect atmosphere is vital to communicating your event theme to your audience. High-quality, theme-appropriate decorative lighting makes all the difference to your event environment.
Venue Transformation
When we first paired with the challenging task our guests of honor had in store for us, we immediately recognized an opportunity to challenge ourselves into creating a spectacular, sizzling event everyone will talk about for a long time. The idea of our honorable guests was to get engaged in Miami; unfortunately, it was physically impossible for them to throw their engagement party in Florida,