Plan an Event

Corporate · how to plan in Toronto & the GTA

Holiday parties, team building, conferences, trade shows, launches, galas, picnics, retreats and hybrid events.

Client Appreciation Conferences & Conventions Galas & Award Nights Grand Openings Holiday Parties Hybrid & Virtual Events Picnics & Family Days Product Launches Retreats & Offsites Team Building Trade Shows & Booth Activations

Everything tagged for corporate events. Executive assistants and HR leads start with the holiday party hub; marketers with trade shows; and anyone reporting upward with the ROI calculator.

Everything on EventPlans.ca for Corporate: planning guides, ideas, lessons from the free Academy and the vendors who work these events in Toronto and the GTA.

Where to start

Set the budget with the budget calculator (it shows HST and contingency).
Build the dates backwards with the timeline generator.
Shortlist rooms in the venue directory and acts with the entertainment finder.
Run the day from a run of show.

Conference attendees seen from behind raising hands and laughing during an interactive session in a Toronto

Academy

Engagement design

Specialist · Virtual & Hybrid · 15 min

Segments under 20 minutes, chat moderation, polls, breakout rooms and remote entertainment.

Audience from behind with a camera operator on a riser filming the stage

Academy

Hybrid logistics and the two-audience problem

Specialist · Virtual & Hybrid · 15 min

Serving the room and the screen at once; timing, catering, networking.

An AV technician seen from behind at a production desk at the back of a Toronto conference hall

Academy

Measuring virtual events

Specialist · Virtual & Hybrid · 15 min

Attendance curves, engagement metrics, leads and content reuse.