Planning your wedding details can be overwhelming at times, there seem to be so many items to prioritize. Here is a list of the top 4 enhancement items we recommend to make your wedding day stand out from all the rest. It's the uncommon touches that truly make your wedding day memorable for you and all your guests.
1. Hire a Professional Wedding Coordinator
Let a professional manage the coordination and allowing yourself to enjoy the moment should be number 1 on the list of a bride's priorities. After all, this day comes only once in a lifetime! Your Wedding could not be more important, with vows, photos, guests, toasts and many other precious moments. Ensuring you can be at ease and fully present to enjoy your day is a must. Having a wedding coordinator making sure all your careful planing is flawlessly executed will reduce any stress you might be feeling. Someone with experience will know exactly how to bring your vision to life, troubleshoot anything that doesn't go according to plan, and come to you with solutions to make sure your day is everything you hoped it would be.
2. A Dramatic Wedding Entrance
Arriving for the ceremony is the first experience guests have. Featuring something that will set the ceremony apart from any others they have attended in the past is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Consider having a Harpist or a String Quartet playing contemporary music for your guests as they arrive. Musicians can stay through the ceremony and provide the music for your walk down the aisle as well as play that special song when it’s time to kiss the bride. Personalize the ceremony space with florals, an aisle runner and perhaps some rented seating if the venue allows it. Another great idea for a ceremony experience, would be setting up a beverage station to welcome guests while they greet each other and take a seat for the ceremony. These are just a few ideas of what you can do to help make your guests comfortable, get them to meet each other so they can enjoy the ceremony and later the reception.
3. Mood Lighting
Never underestimate the power of good lighting. Many studies have shown the effect lighting and certain colors have on the mood of an individual. Utilize combinations of different lights and colors to provide a fun and relaxing environment. Lighting has the power to change your event, taking your guests from a solemn ceremony to a relaxed dining experience and later turning it up for entertainment and dancing. There are many new technologies emerging that incorporate lighting and projection as well. Be sure to include that extra touch to really wow your guests.
4. Wedding Photography & Timing
Beginning a wedding at the correct time is essential to capturing the best photos for your album. A good photographer will be a master of light and the best ally in this department. Meet with a photographer well in advance to discuss what the best times to capture great photos during and after your ceremony are. This time will vary wildly depending on your location, the date and your personal preferences. The photos taken on this day will be with you for a lifetime, so make sure to capture as much of the moment as possible.
Biscayne Lady hopes these suggestions were helpful to you. Allow us to help you plan your special day, and we can get creative with these suggestions. There are many options available on the market and they range in price to fit a large range of budgets. You can have the wedding of your dreams with a little bit of vision and planning. We hope to have the pleasure of making your wedding memorable!
Improving corporate culture and employee moral through team-building exercises and activities are necessary components of organizational performance improvement. The primary element of organizational effectiveness starts with employees and providing them a culture that fosters empowerment and knowledge and skills to consistently move forward.
Team building events reinforce the value of working together. Employees learn enhanced communication, trust, conflict resolution and having a better understanding of strengths and weaknesses of their colleagues. And most importantly, it is fun…
Some of these benefits are:
Communication
Clear and open communication is vital to the success of projects and relationships within a company. Employees learn to express themselves but also the ability to listen. Effective communication is listening and talking. This can improve office relationships and in return, improve performance improvement. Moreover, the fun nature of team building activities allows employees to get to know each other in a casual environment outside the office.
Trust
When a team is asked to work on a project outside their normal job duties it usually correlates to anxiety and the fear of failure for employees. Building confidence and trust, not only in themselves but that of others provides a greater success in all aspects life. After all, no one will be fired for not solving the scavenger hunt the fastest. When walls are lowered, people engage in creative dialogue seeking solutions to the task at hand. Co-workers realize they are part of a team with a variety of ideas that can help solve problems. The result is greater trust among co-workers when they return to the daily office tasks.
Motivation
When a group of employees successfully completes a team building activity it creates momentum and excitement. Success breeds confidence, which in turn provides greater utilization for employee performance. Employees need to believe in the corporate culture, they need to understand that no one succeeds in their career or life without others. Companies that provide a culture that fosters positivity and consistently provide learning and development skills to employees have a much greater success rate, internally and externally.
Investment
Team building activities is an investment, a necessary investment. Great companies never stop investing in their core asset, their EMPLOYEES. Taking an entire day away from the office may seem as an extravagant expense. Events designed to help the team grow and develop new skills indicate that a company is committed to its employees. As a result, employees are likely to reciprocate this investment in them by investing in the business. They are more likely to take pride in their job and seek to achieve company goals. Investing time and money into team building events and activities builds relationships leading to a more open and collaborative culture. Investing in your employees is constant and never ending. If you don’t invest in them, someone else will… Give your employees a reason to not leave your company, instead of a reason to leave your company…
A team that works well together is more effective, more productive, and more successful. Team building activities are the way to go. Grown-ups can have fun, too!