Christmas in July! Now booking Corporate Holiday parties!

Let start planning your Holiday party in July. Christmas party planning in July why? Venues and entertainment book up fast for these dates.  Get a head of the crowd  and plan out your parties talent and  venues. We have the best holiday entertainment packages ideas. Let our event director get you over a holiday party checklist. This will help your committee member have less stress and enjoy your corporate holiday party.

 

1. Delegate
   Organizing a corporate holiday party is a big task, and it shouldn’t fall on one person’s shoulders. Delegate responsibilities to other committee members as you plan your party.

2. Budget
   Before you can make any other decisions, you’ll need to know how much you can spend. Depending on your company’s budget. Inquire with your financial decision-makers to give your group a budget amount for you event.

3. Date and venue
   These two aspects of your party go hand in hand—the more exclusive your venue, the more limited your choice of dates. If you’re inviting families to the office to trick-or-treat, then the date is set for you. But if you’re planning ahead for your year-end holiday party, then you should look at reserving your venue now, before the best places book up.

4. Attendee basics
   Once you’ve established how much your committee can spend, you can move on to the event details of the party you’re planning. Who will be invited? Set your guest list of employees and their plus-one to participate. Set up you event time. Will guests need to RSVP?

5. Food
   We suggest food station let your guest make their own chooses, food stations, dessert stations, drink stations, bars. Faster serving the guest with buffet style events. Have your guest Mingle and Jingle at their holiday party.

 

6. Drinks
   Holiday spirits can make the season bright, Specialty or signature drink for your guest. If you’re planning on serving alcohol, arrange for designated drivers, or set limits on consumption.

 

7. Dress code
   Parties are much more fun when your guests aren’t over- or under-dressed. Everyone loves to dress up like evening attire cocktail dress. Make it fun and entertaining like an ugly sweater contest. Include a line or two in your invitation to help everyone feel comfortable and ready to party.

8. Entertainment ideas
   Book your talent early since they book up fast on these special dates. Bring in event planner and have entertainment make it more fun. Don’t do the boring dinners and stuck at one table. We suggest buffet food station this let’s your guest mingle. Mingle and Jingle entertainment package ideas like casino games, DJ’ service, Photo-booths, Digital artist be entertained. Check out are event director to help guide your group with all these types of ideas. Planning these in advance allow you to have the best talent in town.

 

9. RSVP 
   As the day of the party gets closer, set a date for your guests to RSVP so you can have an accurate idea of who will be attending. It takes a lot of consideration to plan out a holiday party. But getting all the details sorted out well in advance leads to a great experience for both you and your employees, and checks one more thing off your list as you simplify for the holidays.

Ask our event director for your Holiday planning check list and tips to help you you’re out your holiday parties?

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Event Planner/Job Post/ Dallas-Fort Worth

Company Description:

Full Service Event Planning Company since 1985 serving the DFW area. Specialize in Fundraisers, Casino events, Graduation Lock In, Corporate Conventions, Private VIP events.

Job Description:

Sales and Marketing Position (DFW)

Event Planning Firm in the DFW area. Our diverse client portfolio includes market development and events with industry leaders in Fundraising and Event Planning. We are looking for innovative, team-oriented individuals who enjoy working with other and maintaining relationship with our prestigious clientele. We are hiring for marketing and Sales and Marketing position. Vegas Concepts is a casino theme fundraising-entertainment company in need of a sales person that is focused, goal driven, and confident. The skill set needed is as follows:

We cross -train candidates in areas of: sales. Marketing, account management, consulting, and leadership development. Full Time Positions available. Strong confidence and interpersonal skills are a must. The main focus of this position is to develop new clientele maintaining our existing clientele database. You will work closely with event specialist and corporate event planners. We are looking to utilize your marketing expertise to help develop and execute marketing programs that will increase demand and drive revenue.

Primary Duties

– Impacts sales results by developing, supporting and executing field marketing.

– Executes Marketing campaigns and plans events depending on expertise.

– Works appropriately with clients to support event.

– Works with various corporate/field marketing managers to determine appropriate customized programs

– Great Phone Skills
– Positive Communication
– Negotiating Skills
– Up Selling
– Comfortable with Cold Calls (prior and/or new clients)
– Quick Response Time
– Documentation / Filing Skills
– Prioritize (day planning to achieve set goals)
– Strategize (create new sales)

Email Resume to: Debbie@vegasconcepts.com

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Local Charity Fundraiser Do’s and Don’t Dallas Fort Worth

Tips on how to plan a PROFITABLE Casino Night Fundraiser

            Hosting a fundraiser for your organization can be a great opportunity to bring in additional funds and to network with people around your community. Casino nights are a popular fundraiser because they offer various opportunities to bring in donations. Planning these events can be hard work and especially in the early stages, it can be confusing. We gathered the top tips to help you have a fundraiser that runs smoothly but that will also make it worth your while! First though, what you’re probably most interested in knowing is, HOW DO WE MAKE MONEY?

RAISING MONEY: You can raise money through ticket sales, live auctions, silent auctions, sponsorships and casino chip sales.

Ticket Sales: The price of the ticket should cover non-alcoholic drinks and food. Try to pre-sell tickets before the event; offer the tickets at a lower price if they purchase before the day of the event as an incentive. This will help you have an accurate count on how many guests you can expect.  Don’t make it too expensive because you also want them to bid on items or to purchase chips at your event.

Live auctions: Try to have between 3 to 5 large items for your guests to bid on. You should have items that will excite your guests, such as a trip to Las Vegas.  

Silent auction: Ask around your community for donated items for your guests to bid on; focus on getting as many items as you can, even if they are smaller items. Have an area designated for the silent auction to the side where your guests aren’t in the way as they stop to look.

Sponsorships: Contact local businesses and encourage them to sponsor a casino table at your event. This will be a great opportunity for them to market their brand in front of your guests. It is also a great public relations stunt because they can be seen participating in a charity event.

Casino chip sales: Have a designated area where chips can be bought but also have several people approaching the tables every  40 minutes to sell extra chips. If you are hiring a casino equipment company, have a volunteer collect the money.  Do not have the dealers or people you don’t know handling your money.

            You have two options with casino chip sales, you can pay to play or give them seed money. Usually, pay to play is more successful.  They can then redeem their winnings for raffle tickets to win prizes. The more they win, they more chances they have to win. We usually recommend about 5 door prizes for every 100 people.  Winners should be present if their name is called so that you won’t have to go through the hassle of tracking them down.

  

PLANNING THE EVENT:

Know your audience: Knowing the interests of your guests will help you determine what sort of entertainment you should have.

Date: Pick a date that is not on a holiday or on a Sunday.  Although some people might think having their event during the holiday season will encourage donors, remember that they are also spending money on gifts or on their own holiday parties and might not want to spend as much on yours.  Also, Check your community calendar to make sure there is no other large community event that you might be competing with.

Food: We do not recommend having a sit down dinner because people tend to only socialize with their table. Set up high top tables and serve hors d’oeuvres to encourage mingling instead of just sitting down.

Music: Your Fundraiser is not a Concert, don’t treat it like one. Everyone likes having live music but make sure it fits the situation. If the music is blasting, your guests might be less likely to interact with each other.

Venue: Pick a venue that will be large enough to accommodate all of your guests but that won’t break your bank. Decide on set up before the event and think about all the equipment you will be bringing in. Do a walk through will all of your vendors so they know where to set up on the day of your event. Ask them to be there at least one to two hours early on the actual day to make sure they have enough time to prepare.

Set Goals: Establish a reasonable goal as to how much money you would like to raise and the best ways to do that. This will help you stay focused and on track. This can also determine how big of an event to do. Don’t be afraid to share your goals!

 

Vegas Concepts Inc. has years of experience hosting successful fundraisers. If you would like additional help or need ideas for your event, give us a call at 972-438-1800 or email us a Debbie@vegasconcepts.com.

 

 

How to Play Blackjack

Rules: Blackjack is played with one or more standard 52-card decks, with each denomination assigned a point value. The cards 2 through 10 are worth their face value. Kings, queens, and jacks are each worth 10, and aces may be used as either 1 or 11. The object for the player is to draw cards totaling closer to 21, without going over, than the dealer’s cards.
The best total of all is a two-card 21, or a blackjack. Blackjack pays 3-2–that is, a two-card 21 on a $5 bet will win $7.50 instead of the usual $5 even-money payoff on other winning hands. However, if the dealer also has a two-card 21, the hand pushes, or ties, and you just get your original bet back. But if the dealer goes on to draw 21 in three or more cards, your blackjack is still a winner with its 3-2 payoff.
The game is usually played at an arc-shaped table with places for up to seven players on the outside and for the dealer on the inside. At one corner of the table is a rectangular placard that tells the minimum and maximum bets at that table, as well as giving variations in common rules. For example, the sign might say, “BLACKJACK. $5 to $2,000. Split any pair three times. Double on any two cards.” That means the minimum bet at this table is $5 and the maximum is $2,000. Pairs may be split according to the rules described below, and if more matching cards are dealt, the pairs may be split up to three times for a total of four hands. The player may double the original bet (double down) and receive just one more card on any two-card total.

The standard table layout for blackjack.

Most games today use four, six, or eight decks. After being shuffled, the cards are placed in a receptacle called a shoe, from which the dealer can slide out one card at a time. Single- or double-deck games, most common in Nevada, but also popular in Mississippi and some other markets, may be dealt from the dealer’s hand.
Play begins when you place a bet by stacking a chip or chips in the betting square on the table directly in front of you. After all bets have been placed, each player and the dealer are given two cards. In a shoe game, all player cards are dealt faceup, and the players are not permitted to touch their cards. In a single- or double-deck game dealt from the hand, cards are dealt facedown and players may pick them up with one hand. Either way, one of the dealer’s cards is turned faceup so the players can see it.
Once the cards have been dealt, players decide in turn how to play out their hands. After all players have finished, the dealer plays according to set rules: The dealer must draw more cards to any total of 16 or less and must stand on any total of 17 or more. In some casinos, the dealer will also draw to “soft” 17 — a 17 including an ace or aces that could also be counted as a 7. The most common soft 17 is ace-6, but several other totals, such as ace-3-3 or ace-4-2, on up to ace-ace-ace-ace-ace-ace-ace in a multiple deck game, are soft 17s.

Hit: If you hit, you take another card or cards in hopes of getting closer to 21. If the player’s total exceeds 21 after hitting, the player is said to “bust” and loses the bet. In shoe games, the player signals a hit by pointing to his cards or scratching or waving toward himself. In facedown games, the player signals a hit by scratching the table with the cards. Verbal calls to hit are not accepted — signals are used for the benefit of the security cameras above the table, so a taped record is on hand to settle any potential disputes.

Stand: If you stand, you elect to draw no more cards in hopes that the current total will beat the dealer. Signal a stand by holding a flattened palm over your cards in a faceup game or by sliding your cards under your bet in a facedown game.

Double down: You may elect to double your original bet and receive only one more card regardless of its denomination. Some casinos restrict doubling down to hands in which your first two cards total 10 or 11. Others allow you to double on any two cards. Double down by taking a chip or chips equal to the amount of your original bet and placing them next to your bet. In a facedown game, at this point you also need to turn your original two cards faceup.

Split: If your first two cards are of the same denomination, you may elect to make a second bet equal to your first and split the pair, using each card as the first card in a separate hand. For example, if you are dealt two 8s, you may slide a second bet equal to the first to your betting box. The dealer will separate the 8s, then put a second card on the first 8. You play that hand out in normal fashion until you either stand or bust; then the dealer puts a second card on the second 8, and you play that hand out.