Seattle Moisture Festival
By: Desiree Rook, Senior Event Coordinator, CRG Events When I think of iconic Seattle events, nothing showcases this city’s rich culture and support for the arts like the Moisture Festival. Celebrating...
View ArticleThe Summer of One Million Steps
I’ve accepted the challenge, and it’s not too late for you to do it, too. One million steps between Memorial Day and Labor Day – that’s 10,101 steps each day. The first step? Get a cool digital...
View ArticleMaking Democracy Work
If events are all about people coming together to learn and grow and change, then perhaps we need to think of democracy as one big event. For only when the attendees – the citizens of a nation – come...
View ArticleDetroit: Up From the Ashes
Sometimes, the very best of life shows up when you have nothing left to lose. That certainly seems to be the case these days in Detroit. Commonly viewed as one of the most endangered of American...
View ArticleChanging jobs? Consider this.
The events industry is heating up, along with the overall economy. Companies are hiring, and event professionals are deciding to try something new. On a recent trip to Washington, DC I chatted with a...
View ArticleAutumnal Gifts
Halloween is complicated for me. It’s a “holiday” that I don’t really love for itself, though I dearly love autumn and piles of pumpkins and golden days that are frequent enough to give me hope, and...
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The U.S. Open at Chambers Bay – an event planner’s perspective
Some people are saying that the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay is the biggest sporting event ever to come to the Pacific Northwest. Really? A 250-acre golf course scraped from the remains of a gravel pit in...
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Where do you love to work?
We recently shared how excited we are about Microsoft’s “mobile-first, cloud-first” vision. Their efforts help our team be productive and inspired by their surroundings around the globe. A great...
View ArticleWeirdly Perfect Portland
For years Portland has proclaimed its weirdness with great pride. But on the two days I’ve just spent here, I have found it to be practically perfect – possibly weirdly perfect. It all started with the...
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BizBash Event Style Awards – Best Conference!
We have had the exciting opportunity to partner with Microsoft and their awesome team for the last 10+ consecutive years on one of their largest conferences – Worldwide Partner Conference. And we just...
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