As we head towards the end of summer and the start of fall we are starting to see bookings for large group tours pick up. For business events of all kinds this is a common trend after Labor Day since…
Tour Guiding Tips
Giving a successful tour involves lots of preparation and planning. Here are a few key points to remember before giving a plant tour. 1) Know your audience, understand what value you can bring that will be meaningful to this particular group. 2) Be clear about what you would like to accomplish by the end of the tour, is this an informational tour, a sales tour? Know the goal you are trying to achieve. 3) Be professional and prepare far in advance. Test your content and the tour guide headset equipment before you give the tour just to make sure everything runs smoothly on the big day!
As an event planner, one of the biggest challenges remains in the form of audiovisual. Done right, it can bring the much needed wow factor to your event. The right timing of visuals and audio makes for a seamless audience…
Conventions, conferences, and meetings have been designed to become avenues for education and communication, no matter the culture, background, and educational attainment of everyone involved. They’re meant to induce learning and delight, but most delegates come back from these events…
Every plant tour is a little different from the last. Sometimes you’ll receive a question you never considered, and it leaves you trying to pinpoint the best way to answer it. Other times there might be something happening within the…
There’s something magical about college campus visits. It’s showing off potential new worlds to high school students. It’s presenting them with what could be their lives for the next several years. There is so much going on during these visits….
Not everyone is a born tour guide. In fact, plenty of people are terrified of talking in front of groups of people (especially strangers). This is a fear that can be put to rest through practice. The second tour you…
As a tour guide, it is your job to provide useful information to those on the tour. This may seem straight forward, but a surprising number of tour guides struggle with this notion. How often have you gone on a…