work at events? let’s discuss your horror stories and wins

We often hear about work events that didn’t go quite as hoped: the conference that served vegetarians a single leaf of lettuce for lunch, the event where a speaker who went way over time caused half the attendees to get food poisoning, the conference that didn’t think through the problems with giving every attendee an identical laptop bag, the escape room where none of the managers could find their way out (maybe that one’s not so bad), and on and on.

Let’s turn the tables and hear from people who plan events or work at them. Tell us what’s gone wrong you’ve been the one behind the scenes at events — or how you saw someone save the day and prevent disaster.

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