AIR TATS Try airbrushed temporary tattoos at your event for a unique way to attract audience participation, using custom logos or trendy artwork.

- Ryan Garscadden, Freshcoat Custom Airbrush Art & Graphic Design

BENEVOLENCE BONUS Looking for a unique, accessible and modern building for your next meeting? Planners appreciate the modern features, natural lighting and state-of-the-art audiovisuals at CNIB Centre. Just simply booking a meeting at the centre you are supporting CNIB. All revenues from conference rentals go back to support vital programs and services.

- Pamela Deveaux, CNIB Centre

CANCON If you are organizing an event with a Canadian or Canadiana theme and you’re wondering what sort of musical entertainment you should hire, look no further. Lam-Chops Music Group’s “True North – your home and native band!”, plays hits by all your favorite Canadian artists: Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Stompin’ Tom Connors, The Guess Who, BTO, and many more. Available as instrumental or vocal.

- Paul Lamoureux, Lam-Chops Music Group

DYNAMIC DELIVERY Research proves that laughing while you learn helps participants retain information. Whether it’s through motivational presentations or marketing communication tactics to help generate trade show traffic and leads, make sure your audiences are both entertained and educated. Use a creative presenter who can understand your individual needs and provide a dynamic presentation that effectively delivers your message.

- Jason Palter, Mystivate Inc.

EMERGENCY PREP Create a crisis contingency plan before each of your events and/or conferences to ensure that you are prepared should the unforeseen happen. Ensure your plan is specific to each event and incorporates the venue’s emergency procedures, target risk factors and scenarios, key management, client and supplier staff, floor plans and room diagrams. Be sure to review your plan with all staff and suppliers involved in the event and ensure key personnel have a copy of the emergency plan and know where to find a back-up copy.

- Beatriz Leonardo, CMP, aNd Logistix Inc.

FLAMING NORA! Everything old is new again and today’s event guests are loving flambées. Sparkling copper pans and réchaud and flames! A big hit is Bananas Foster Flambée aux Rhum served on vanilla bean ice cream. It gives a dessert station a big impact, glamour, flames and gets people excited. Just what some parties need...a hint of danger and excitement.

- Robert Ketcheson, Southern Accent Restaurant & Event Catering

GLIMGLAM Add a little extravagance to your next event by drawing your guests’ eyes up. Glitz is in and a chandelier that shimmers makes any event feel glamorous and fun. Have a color theme at your event? Various shades of lighting are available for this functional rental item.

- John Higgins, Higgins Event Rentals

HOEDOWN HOWDY Nothing is better than a good old-fashioned hoedown. How about a Western themed event? It’s casual, fun and easy to decorate. Kick it up a notch with a mechanical bull and take your guests for a wild ride. Add some old fashioned carnival games and booths and you’re set.

- Evan Aranoff, Superior Events Group

INTRIGUE AND DISARM Hire a professional sales entertainer to go to your trade shows, draw crowds, and break the ice by performing magic with an embedded sales message. Magic naturally intrigues and disarms potential customers, making them want to stay and hear your pitch. Afterwards, they will remember your company and your product, and many will return with their friends to enjoy the experience again!

- Blackpool, Magician/Hypnotist/Sales Entertainer

JAZZY Jazz up your next gala! Add jazz standards to recreate the Rat Pack era in all its smooth, fun-filled glory. Your guests will love St. Kitts Music’s renditions of songs like "That Old Black Magic", "You're Out of this World", and "Love Me or Leave Me”.

- Teresa Donia, iAmbic Communications

KICKING COMMENTATORS Don't just talk to your audience. Engage them in a live talk show environment. Drag presenters out from behind podiums - kicking and screaming, away from their Power Point – and into the talk show seat of “The Pretty Late Show”. Interviews, humour, music and a professional, congenial host make one of the most effective and original concepts to come around in years.

- Mike Carbone, Custom Corporate Comedy

LIABILITY ALERT Protection is key should something go wrong with your event or function! Be sure to have adequate insurance, including Special Events Liability, Errors and Omissions and Commercial Liability. If hosting a conference/trade show or event, ask for a certificate of insurance from all exhibitors or tradesmen to ensure they have adequate liability insurance.

- Heather Navis, National Brokers Insurance Services

MASSIVE APPEAL Looking for the perfect venue for your next big event? Downsview Park, strategically located in the geographic heart of the GTA, is the setting for major events such as the Weekend to End Breast Cancer, Doors Open Toronto, and the largest annual Canada Day celebration in the GTA.

- Stacey Starkman, Downsview Park

NUMERIC INSIGHT Intuitive numerology and other insightful readings are a great way to add fun and pleasure to your planned event agenda. Have your guests walk away with added insight as well as their learning and networking accomplishments.

- Robert Petrungaro, Healing Through Understanding

ORB OR CARDS? Mesmerize your guests with fabulous authentic tarot readings, a personalized information-packed experience they'll treasure and remember. Everyone always wants to know more about themselves. Tarot, astrology, crystal ball, and tea leaf readings will delight your guests at any event, workshop or tradeshow.

- Tara Green, Tara, Tarot Consultant & More

POSITIVITY The art of great customer service is paramount to help you stand out from the crowd. Here’s a great, yet simple tip to impress your customer: when someone says “Thank you”, the common response is “No problem.” The listener hears two words that the human being doesn’t normally like to hear – “no” and “problem”. Try using “My pleasure” in response to your next “Thank you” and notice the difference it makes!

- Beatriz Leonardo, CMP, aNd Logistix Inc.

QUIZZ TIME Between dinner courses your DJ can walk around to guests at their tables and ask for requests. We find out favourite songs and types of music the guests want to dance to, then just before the main course we ask for volunteer contestants to play "Name That Tune". After the main course, while guests await dessert, we ask another set of volunteer contestants to play "Name That TV Theme". These contests take only five to 10 minutes to play and are a fun way to fill time while staff clear tables.

- Mike Heindl, Spectrum of Sound Music Services

ROSEPUDDING Details that flow throughout your décor create harmony and a sense of relation to your event. Consistency is the simplest way to create the highest impact. The Rosepudding is a low maintenance, high-impact floral arrangement that can evoke a variety of styles and emotions. Its compact shape makes it an easy take-home memento.

- Andrée Sales, Flowers and Margot

SPIFFY SPANDEX Clean looking, custom fitting spandex linens available for buffet tables, cruisers and cafe tables in a multitude of colours add sophistication and elegance to any event.

- Deni Kondric, Essential Event Rentals

TRADE SHOW TRAFFIC Is your client or company getting the most they can out of their trade show exhibits? Competition for business is fierce! One "Element" that will set your trade show booth, and ultimately your company, apart from your competitor's is an oxygen bar! With a customized bar and branded infusers, Element specializes in drawing traffic into your booth, creating a buzz and keeping potential clients at your reach for 10 minutes at a time!"

- Dave McNamara, Element Oxygen Bars

UNIQUE VENUE Make history when you hold your event at the Warplane Heritage Museum, where nostalgia fills the air and the museum’s vintage aircraft collection brings history to life. With four available areas to rent accommodating a small crew up to 14 or a full squadron up to 1,500, the museum is an impressive location for any event or meeting. Located at Hamilton International Airport, a private aircraft apron and itinerant aircraft parking is available on-site.

- Robin Hill, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

VALET VISION Add style to an event by providing guests with the convenience and grandeur of valet service. A team of five men, or a platoon of 50, perfectly lined up and dressed in vests, bow ties and white gloves sets the tone for the party to follow. Valet service is a great idea to offer at your next event especially if you’re expecting elderly guests, inclement weather conditions, or simply want to create a powerful ambiance before guests even set foot in the venue.

- Greg Rzeplinski, Gatsby Valet

WOW THEM! Producing events in unique venues is always an exciting challenge, especially when using a venue for something for which it was not originally designed. The breathtaking Winter Garden Theatre, designed as a Vaudeville theatre, is an outstanding venue that is ideal for groups up to 70 persons. Guests have no idea where they are dining; suddenly the curtain rises and only then do they discover they will be tonight's stars as they enjoy an exclusive dinner on stage!

- Roni Feldman, Roni Feldman & Associates Inc.

EXTREME EXCITEMENT Does your event need some extreme excitement? Try adding a 25’ portable climbing wall. The sheer size of this wall is impressive; the exhilaration of climbing 25 feet will leave your guests breathless. Five climbing routes allow for quick turnover and multiple degrees of difficulty.

- Peter Gismondi, Superior Events Group

YES YOU CAN Save time! Save money! Host your next event at a Cineplex Entertainment theatre special event space – you’ll be amazed at how the already finely furnished event rooms and auditoriums can be turned into fun and exciting event destinations. Perfect for corporate and personal parties and to host stylish events where you want to see and be seen! Don’t forget to add in the thrill of the latest Hollywood blockbuster to round out the occasion.

- Tim Bishop, Cineplex Entertainment LP

ZIPPETY! Groups large and small will enjoy Segway teambuilding events. We train everyone on how to use the Segway, followed by a series of relay races and obstacle courses. Teams are judged on speed and accuracy! The perfect way to build team confidence and enthusiasm – while having fun.

- Jason Rizzuti, Segway of Ontario