Planning and organising an office party is a complicated business with lots of considerations like choosing appropriate beverages and food, separate food needs of guests such as vegetarian or non-veg, allergies, gluten-free food, need of serving alcohol, and above all, the budget. However, you can the assistance of professional event or party planner from experienced, established, and reliable event organising companies such as Party MTL in order to avail all required information, advice, and assistance to organise your official party whether a company party or a retirement party.
An office party is an occasion for putting aside the work and celebrate the event. You need to carefully plan an office party based on the purpose so that there will be no glitches to ruin the party. You should call upon a team of company staff while planning the official party along with hiring a professional event planner. There are several primary components of each party or event to consider and plan accordingly such as suitable venue, appropriate date and time, the aspects of entertainment, food and beverages, invitations, and decorations.
To begin with the party preparation, choose a suitable location that has a banquet hall, catering facilities, etc. Your venue should be easily accessible to all your staff and guests and should have enough space to accommodate everybody. Once you have the venue, the next essential element is to collect all details about the venue like address, contact phone numbers, detail of location and direction to reach the venue etc. so that you can incorporate in your invitation.
Remember, one fixed date for the party may be a complicated matter in terms of availability of a suitable venue with affordable price. Secondly, if you stick on your date, you may have to pay more. You should be flexible when it comes to date and time and be prepared for backup dates that will suit you as well as the venue owners.
Entertainment, particularly choosing a band or musician would add life to your party. You can choose celebratory, upbeat or holiday music for the performance in the party based on the taste and preference of the employees and occasion. You should never forget to choose a professional musician or a band who have experience in performing in official parties and do not offend the members and guests with their humour and lyrics. Finally, you should sit some times with the musician before the party for providing information about the party and regulate the volume accordingly such as sound volume works better in dancing whereas lower volume suits during the meal.