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OFW SME Business Christmas Expo

Monday, December 19, 2016
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OFW SME Business Christmas Expo

Friday, December 16, 2016
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Monday, December 12, 2016
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OFW SME Business Christmas Expo

Monday, December 12, 2016
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5 Must Know Event Management Elements for Your Company Christmas Party | Event Organizer Philippines

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Company Christmas Parties are a much-awaited event. It is the season of giving, a break from the stress of the work, a chance to see the human side of your boss and coworkers (if you can’t see it during the daily grind in the office).

If ever you are assigned to be the leader of your company Christmas party, I know that you will agree that you wanted it perfect and memorable.

But horror stories have been recorded when someone that lack event management skills were given the task to organize the company Christmas party.

But don’t be afraid, help is here. Here are 5 must know event management elements that you should know in order to execute a memorable and successful company Christmas party.

1. Set the Budget

If you know how much is the allocated budget or financial resource for your company Christmas party, you can start with your vision of your party.

Often times, the vision for the Christmas party is wasted because it is so grand, but when the budget allotment was declared, it cannot or it is difficult to even accomplish 50% of the items created to implement the vision.

My mantra here is the: Your Budget makes the Event Vision Realistic.

2. Set the Date

My event company is known in many things, and one of the things that we are known for is when we set the date, we stick to the date.

Oftentimes, a lot of corporate event management planners forget to set the date of the Christmas party.

It has a lot of negative consequences. Among the consequences are unavailability of the venue, late information dissemination among employees of the Christmas party paving the way for poor attendance, poor logistic preparations because there is no date to target the required work to be finished in order to set up a great Christmas party.

My mantra here: There is no turning back when the date is set.

3. Set the Venue

If your Christmas party is in your office, the problem is minimal. But if you are planning to have your Christmas party outside of your office, finalizing your venue is a must. Remember, you are not the only company that is eyeing to use the preferred venue that you have in mind.

So get this out of your obstacles, act fast, set the venue and relax.

4. Provide Delicious and Abundant Food

We Filipinos love food so much. In addition, there are indications that Filipinos will judge the success of the event they attended by judging how it satisfied their palette and stomach.

You do not need expensive food to achieve success. What you need is delicious food and abundant food that will elicit a positive reaction among your peers.

My mantra here is: Abundant Food Means Successful Christmas Party.

5. Create an Event Theme

Let creativity color your Christmas party by creating an event theme that will make the attendees experience magical and fantastic.

This is the ingredient that adds color to your Christmas party. It makes your party unique and an event worthy of their time.

Most of the time, the theme brings out the best in the attendees, because it creates excitement. It automatically communicates with the attendees that your Christmas party is fun.

A themed Christmas party that is successful this year makes your attendees crave and look forward to what is in store in the coming Christmas party next year.

In summary: this is not an exhaustive discussion of the elements needed to make your event management responsibilities in implementing your company Christmas party successful. But putting this into heart and giving these elements special focus will assure you of your Christmas party’s success.

This one I guarantee.

So put on your event management hat and start creating one fabulous Christmas party for your company.

Friday, December 09, 2016
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3 Reasons Why You Must Shop for Business this December

OFW SME Business Christmas Expo

Filipinos are used to spending a big amount of money shopping gifts and other material things to celebrate Christmas.

The setback is that after the holiday season, most of Filipinos ended being broke or swamped with loans that they took just to celebrate the season.

According to Statista, an online portal, the Philippine retail sales growth this year is around 5.2% or $140.49 Billion (USD).

This growth number shows that the consumer behavior of the Filipinos on shopping and holiday season spending will continue or even grow as the year goes by.

Having learned this, most especially, if you have the money this season and wanted to avoid the usual after holiday predicament why not shop for business instead of material things?

Here are the three reasons why you must shop for business this season:

1. Your money will grow

Shopping for business this Christmas season will allow you to grow your money. A business that you know how to operate will give you a substantial profit.

The Profit will churn new profit until it becomes a profit-producing machine.

One OFW Entrepreneur success story is the story of Imelda Ahalul Dagus. She was an OFW for 16 years and when she came back in the Philippines, she chose to be an entrepreneur and decided to grow Dennis Coffee – a coffee shop started by her grandmother in Patikul, Sulu in 1962.

Her jump to entrepreneurship is made possible by her determination to grow her money and become an entrepreneur.

2. You will achieve financial freedom

Everybody wants to achieve financial freedom. If you will shop for business this Christmas, you are taking a giant step towards financial freedom.

If the business you shopped this Christmas is a turnkey business that can provide you profit monthly or annually, you will be able to achieve the financial freedom that you wanted to have.

The best course of action towards financial freedom is by starting a business. Your business will allow you as the owner to save funds and allocate some of it in business expansion.

3. You will profit instead of being a mere spender during the shopping season

As stated during the start of this article, the retail growth of the Philippines is high. Before you became an entrepreneur, you always spend and give your money to other businessmen.

Now that you are a businessman, you are now part of their group that makes a lot of money during this season.

Is this a great situation to be in or not?

You bet you are right that this is a better situation than before. This great situation started when you shopped for business this year.

So what are you waiting for?

If you are finding it difficult where to start you may want to visit OFW SME Business Christmas Expo, December 21-23, 2016 at Megatrade, SM Megamall.

Happy shopping for your new business!

Friday, December 09, 2016
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OFW ka ba at nais mong yumaman at maging masaya? Sasagutin namin iyan

OFW SME Business Christmas Expo

Friday, December 09, 2016
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Shop for Business and Gifts at OFW & SME Business Christmas Expo at Megamall

OFW SME Business Christmas Expo

Are you looking forward for a successful and blessed 2017 in your life as an entrepreneur? The 2016 OFW & SME Business Christmas Expo can help you shop for the business you are looking for.

The Expo has health and beauty, technology, fashion, arts and crafts, food franchising, dealership and more that will definitely allow you to find the business that fits your budget and personality.

As of now the following companies are participating: AGN Solutions, Aloha Frappe, Bria Homes, Bubi Trampolines, Caliraya, Cebuana Lhuillier, Center for Pop, Chamonix Travel, Citibank, Colent Co., Diary ni Gracia, DTI, El Evansto Shoe Shop, Entrep TV, Etrans, Ever Bilena, Explor Asia, Fog Horn, Fuji Xerox, Golden Phoenix Hotel, Goodah, Greenfield, GVCA Travel, HK TV, Island Cove, JA Philippines, Jade Realty, Javanillax, Jens Concepto, Jersey Town, Jose F. Ingles Enterprises, Kambal Pandesal, Lalamoves, Long Live, Megaworld FTC, Nexus Asia, Orchard Properties, OWWA, Philippine Red Cross, Philnoni Inc., PLDT Home, Porfumo, Prulife UK, Rishca, Robinson Land, Scherz Indigenous Creation Enterprises, Shinagawa, Slimmers World, Sodexo, SSS, St. Francis, Sta. Lucia, Standard Insurance, Star Music, Teknocircle, The Worldwide Lifestyle Timepieces Inc., Tupperware Brands, UNCHR, Walvis, Waters and What’s Happening.

In a research made by Sun Star Cebu, Data from the National Statistics Office, now the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in 2013 showed that only two out of every 10 OFWs managed to save at least half of all their remittances.

“Regardless of the amount of the cash remittances sent, for every 10 OFWs, six (61.7 percent) were able to save less than 25 percent of the total amount received, two (21.6 percent) were able to save from 25 percent to 49 percent of it, and about two (16.7 percent) saved 50 percent or more,” the PSA reported

One out of every 10 OFWs is broke, according to a separate MoneyMax.ph article published in the GMA News website.

It cited a 2011 study by Social Enterprise Development Partnerships Inc., which also found out that eight out of 10 OFWs who returned to the Philippines have no savings.

This research by Sun Star Cebu in its recent news report showed that OFWs best course<> of action after their stint abroad is to enter the world of entrepreneurship in order to maintain the lifestyle that they are used while they are living in abroad, and protect and grow their hard-earned money.

From July to September this year, OFWs sent some US$6.8 billion in cash remittances, according to figures posted on the central bank’s website. That amount is higher than the US$6.5 billion in cash remittances sent in the same months last year. (Sun Star Cebu)

Besides the opportunity to shop for business, OFWs, SMEs and other visitors can also shop for gifts. Exhibitors are retailing their products and services at very low prices only for this event.

Junior Achievement Philippines, Inc. (JAPI) will also hold their annual marketing pitch competition. This event will be participated by 21 schools all over Metro Manila.

In addition, JAPI’s 10 mini-companies will exhibit their products and services.

Center for Pop Music will also do their annual musical showcase. The OFW & SME Business Christmas Expo is one of the platforms that Center for Pop Music uses in creating awareness for their students. Some of these students become our local pop stars and singers. Currently, there are a lot of stars and talents in the showbiz industry that trained at Center for Pop Music before becoming popular and professional entertainers.This year's expo will also have its bamboo showcase featuring various bamboo merchandise and the performance of the Kawayan 7 Modern Bamboo Band.

There are lots of activities in store for every one at the 2016 OFW & SME Business Christmas Expo this December 21 to 23, Wednesday to Friday at the Megatrade Hall 2 of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.

The OFW & SME Business Christmas Expo is produced and organized by Ex-link Management and Marketing Services Corp. (Ex-Link Events). For partnerships, call (02) 633-0153, 643-3887 or email info@exlinkevents.com.