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The event planning checklist, from first decision to debrief
Every event planning checklist you've found covers the same eight things and leaves out the twenty that actually catch people. This one runs from the first decisions through the debrief, with the real tasks in each phase and a rough sense of how far ahead to start.
The event planning process and why yours feels unfinished
The agenda has been rewritten four times and none of the versions are better than the last one. That usually means something the agenda depends on hasn't been decided yet. This post walks through four signs a decision in your event is still open when it should already be settled, and what one open decision ends up costing.
What belongs in your event planning spreadsheet
Everything you're currently tracking across six documents and a notes app could live in one place. This post covers what belongs in that document, how it's organized, and what it feels like to open one thing instead of six.
The event planning checklist for your last two weeks
The final fourteen days generate a lot of activity and not all of it is useful. This checklist is built around what genuinely needs confirming in that window, rather than what feels most urgent at 10pm.
Two or three venue proposals arrive, each formatted differently, each leading with a number that isn't the number you'll pay. This post covers how to convert them into one comparison sheet, which clauses cost money later, what surprises people on the final bill, and what's genuinely negotiable.