Company Picnic Entertainment Ideas Maine – Top 5 tips your company summer event.

Planning a memorable summer gathering for your team is no joke, and preparation is key to making it a success. Whether you are aiming to show employee appreciation or woo potential clients, a standout summer BBQ, picnic, or lobster bake requires much more than just firing up the grill. From locking down high-end catering to making clean-up seamless, every detail counts when designing an unforgettable experience. If you want to keep your guests talking long after the event ends, brainstorming the right Company Picnic Entertainment Ideas Maine businesses can rely on, such as hiring an interactive roaming corporate magician, a live band, or a DJ, is the best way to ensure your summer event is packed with fun and engagement.

Tip #1- Plan ahead; it’s more than just who is going to run the grill or is this a catered BBQ? You need to research the best fits for your company’s summer picnic/BBQ/Cruise. What kind of event is this? Is it an employee appreciation/ or a client appreciation? They both have a different focus and feel to them. If it’s an employee BBQ, you want to appreciate their hard work and recognize that people are willing to jump ship if they aren’t happy (more than ever!) So maybe you want to go all out with a live band, roaming corporate magician, and fireworks. If this is employee-run who is handling the grill(s), picking up the hot dogs and burgers, etc…?

Tip #2- Make it memorable… are you going to wow them with ok food or great food? Delicious Thymes and Black Tie Catering both do high-end catering, which will delight your employees or clients! Is the food the focus? Again, it may depend on your goals: fun and thanking them or wooing clients?

Tip #3- Hire interactive entertainment to engage your guests. A corporate magician can roam throughout the campgrounds/building grounds, etc, and interact with your staff, guests, and clients to make it unforgettable! They will be talking about the magician at the water cooler on the next business day and weeks later!

Tip #4- Make clean up simple. If you have it catered, they will take care of the food, plates, napkins, and table clean-up. If it’s employee-run, ask everyone to clean their table. (Many hands make less work.) Have trash bins close by in different locations to make clean up easier.

Tip #5- Make it FUN! A DJ, an outing at Portland Sea Dogs, a magician, all go a long, long way to helping your company make this FUN! And employees and clients will remember the fun time they had at your summer BBQ/picnic/lobster bake!

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