http://pnventerprises.com P&V Enterprises is a ful-service event management and produciton company, including webcasting and online registration Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/05/using-event-technology-effectively/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/05/using-event-technology-effectively/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:26 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1346 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Clearly technology has changed and continues to change our lives, both personally and at our jobs. Meeting and Event Planners confront this all the time.  We hear about every kind of technology or whiz bang gadget. I personally love to use technology. But, before I recommend a technology for a client event I ask is [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/05/using-event-technology-effectively/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/05/event-planner-concerns-about-deceptive-pricing/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/05/event-planner-concerns-about-deceptive-pricing/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 15:19:45 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1339 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Recently, I read an excellent article by Alan Kleinfeld, titled “Smart Budget: Drip Pricing Primer”, an extremely important concept for all in the meeting planning and event planning business. What does Kleinfeld mean by “Drip Pricing”?  He says that according to Juanita Gaynor, president of Elegant Affairs by Juanita, drip pricing is a technique in [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/05/event-planner-concerns-about-deceptive-pricing/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/04/hybrid-meetings-and-virtual-meetings/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/04/hybrid-meetings-and-virtual-meetings/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:50:39 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1314 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); When I was a college student I took a course on creative writing. We had to write an essay of sorts twice a week. At first, I received  so-so grades. My professor asked to meet with me and he told me that he thought that I could do much much better by writing from my [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/04/hybrid-meetings-and-virtual-meetings/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/03/looking-good-at-your-next-video-chat/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/03/looking-good-at-your-next-video-chat/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:06:30 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1305 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Looking Good At Your Next Video Chat Whether you’re using Skype, Google Hangouts, FaceTime or some other Video Chat Application, you want to look your best. Whether you’re chatting your grade school pal, you college buddy, your committee, your collaborative work group or a client, it’s important to look good. I don’t mean that you [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/03/looking-good-at-your-next-video-chat/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/03/do-you-consider-bandwidth-information-part-of-your-site-visit/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/03/do-you-consider-bandwidth-information-part-of-your-site-visit/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:39:44 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1282 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Most everyone who is a meeting or event planner has or should have a basic site inspection checklist. If you don’t, there are several excellent basic lists on various professional publication websites and on our professional associations. If you like, I can send you a list of where to find them. However, I want to [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/03/do-you-consider-bandwidth-information-part-of-your-site-visit/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/02/have-your-received-emails-like-this/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/02/have-your-received-emails-like-this/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:06:16 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1266 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Have you received emails like this? “Thank you for visiting our xyeuinvkn booth at The Special Event show last month In case you missed us this year. “…. Well, which is it? Was I there or not?  Really dopey Frankly, I wasn’t at the Special Event this year. Of course, I wish that I had [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/02/have-your-received-emails-like-this/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/02/1259/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/02/1259/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:15:32 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1259 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Handling Social Media For Your Meeting Who is Doing It! When companies and associations began to use social media to promote their meetings and events they generally enlisted someone in the company that was known to use Twitter or Facebook frequently to help the marketing department promote the event via social media. This was generally [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/02/1259/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/01/do-you-know-the-business-value-of-your-meeting-or-event/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/01/do-you-know-the-business-value-of-your-meeting-or-event/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:11:36 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1245 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Do You Know the Business Value of Your Meeting or Event? Well, if you don’t, you’re definitely not alone.  Most meeting and event planners work hard to assure a quality event that has value and at the right price point. Planners negotiate every aspect of the event, being sure that they’re not losing the essence. [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/01/do-you-know-the-business-value-of-your-meeting-or-event/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2013/01/dont-fall-off-your-fiscal-cliff/ http://pnventerprises.com/2013/01/dont-fall-off-your-fiscal-cliff/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:37:34 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1239 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); 2013 – A Very Good Year  It looks like, for the moment, our nation has not fallen of the so-called fiscal cliff. However, businesses, whether, small, medium, large or Fortune 100, must also be careful not fall off their own fiscal cliff. That’s a no-brainer, of course. What helps a company, an association or not [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2013/01/dont-fall-off-your-fiscal-cliff/feed/ 0 http://pnventerprises.com/2012/12/pats-10-favorite-event-meetings-ideas-apps-concepts-for-meeting-planners-2012/ http://pnventerprises.com/2012/12/pats-10-favorite-event-meetings-ideas-apps-concepts-for-meeting-planners-2012/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:59:16 +0000 Pat Ahaesy http://pnventerprises.com/?p=1218 DD_roundies.addRule('div.arrondi', '15px'); jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $("#envoyer").click(function() { valid = true; var tab_error = new Array();var message_error_web='';var message_error_mail='';var haut_mess_form = true;message_error_coche='';message_error_question='';message_error_captcha='';if($("#nom_input").val() == "") { $("#nom_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_nom").css("color","#");$("#nom_input").next().text("");tab_error[0] = "Name"; valid = false; } else { $("#nom_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_nom").css("color",""); $("#nom_input").next().text(""); tab_error[0] = ""; }tab_error[1] = ""; if($("#mail_input").val() == "") { $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");tab_error[2] = "Mail"; valid = false; } else if(!$("#mail_input").val().match(/^([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\-)+\.)+[a-z]{2,7}$/)){ $("#mail_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_mail").css("color","#");$("#mail_input").next().text("");message_error_mail = "The email you entered is not valid"; tab_error[2] = ""; valid = false; } else { $("#mail_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_mail").css("color",""); $("#mail_input").next().text(""); tab_error[2] = ""; message_error_mail = ""; }tab_error[3] = "";if($("#objet_input").val() == "") { $("#objet_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_objet").css("color","#");$("#objet_input").next().text("");tab_error[4] = "Object"; valid = false; } else { $("#objet_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_objet").css("color",""); $("#objet_input").next().text(""); tab_error[4] = ""; }if($("#message_input").val() == "") { $("#message_input").css("background-color","#"); $("#span_message").css("color","#");$("#message_input").next().text("");tab_error[5] = "Message
"; valid = false; } else { $("#message_input").css("background-color",""); $("#span_message").css("color",""); $("#message_input").next().text(""); tab_error[5] = ""; }haut_mess_form = false; if(valid == false) { $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 100); var message = "Please, complete the fields: "; for (var i=0; i < tab_error.length; ++i) { if(tab_error[i] != "") { message += tab_error[i]+", "; } } message = message.substring(0, message.length-2); var espace_coche = ""; if(message_error_mail != "") { message += message_error_mail; espace_coche = "
"; } if(message_error_coche != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_coche; } if(message_error_question != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_question; } if(message_error_captcha != "") { message += espace_coche+message_error_captcha; } if(message_error_web != "" && message_error_mail != "") { message += "
"+message_error_web; } else { message += message_error_web; } if(haut_mess_form == true) { $("#message_error").css("display","block"); $("#message_error").html(message); } } $("#formulaire_contact").animate({ backgroundColor: "#" }, 800); return valid; }); }); Pat’s Top Ten Meetings and Events Concepts, Apps and Gadgets Picks of 2012 There have been many technology concepts and gadgets introduced in 2012, for the meetings and events industry that make a meeting planner’s life so much more productive and easier. Note, that this is not just a list of apps, but also includes [...]]]> http://pnventerprises.com/2012/12/pats-10-favorite-event-meetings-ideas-apps-concepts-for-meeting-planners-2012/feed/ 1