This might apply to any industry anywhere in the world. It may work at a used car yard, but should it apply everywhere else too?

Watch this clever video on YouTube here.

MC and entertainment for your wedding – DJ by Nick Logan

Guest books are nice to have at a wedding.  If you’re going to use one, be sure to have your wedding MC remind guests through out the evening to sign.  Often there’s a line at the start of the reception and some guests will skip it with every intention of doing it later, then forget.

Also, encourage your guests to contribute more than just their name.  Words of wisdom, advice, or just a story or comment will be so much more memorable in 10 or 20 years.

I’ve seen some other great ideas used instead  of the traditional wedding guest book.

• A photo book, like a reference type book with more photos than text.  One couple had images of the world (a well travelled pair) and they had guests at the wedding from 11 different countries.  Guests signed the photos, instead of writing on blank pages.
• An old fashioned photo album, complete with Polaroid instant photos.  Take a pic, print the photo, then sign the page.  Usually these albums use black pages, so be sure to have a pen that will show up on black – perhaps a silver or white ink pen.
• An artists canvas mounted on a frame.  Supply a variety of pens (lot’s of colour) and you then have a guest book that is actually a work of art.  You can hang and display this in your home.  An alternative is to use paper, then talk to the photo/image outlets (the guys that used to develop your rolls of camera film) about transferring that to canvas.  Alternatively, go to the experts at On2Canvas.

If you have another idea, please add it to the comments!

MC and entertainment for your wedding – DJ by Nick Logan

In 2003 New Zealand played Australia in a rugby world cup semi final.  I was working at a wedding that night, and the bride and groom had a venue with no TVs.  Sadly a large contingency of guests made their way to a pub right next door to the Auckland wedding venue and watched the game (my audience diminished steadily as the game got closer to full time).
Rugby is a big game in New Zealand, especially when we’re playing Australia.  It’s tough to compete with, and I know this couple expected more from their guests.  We even discussed it beforehand, and they honestly believed the guests wouldn’t be so rude.

Of course, to make matters worse, New Zealand lost.  To Australia.  We were out of the cup.  It’s pretty tough for any party to recover from something like that, as was the case this night.

If you’re planning a 2011 wedding and haven’t confirmed a date yet, it might pay to check the 2011 Rugby World Cup schedule.  At the moment, the timetable is not confirmed, but the official 2011 Rugby World Cup website will have more information once available.

Need a DJ?  Nick Logan – Wedding DJ and Master of Ceremonies.  From Auckland, to the world!

The Wedding Show is coming up again in April at Auckland’s Aotea Centre and – for the first time ever – Dunedin’s Edgar Centre.

Something really exciting that’s launching this year is the new Improve-a-Groom workshop seminars.  I’ll be hosting these short sessions, and hopefully the grooms who join us will learn a trick or two, and perhaps even have a great idea they can share with others. By the end of it, the guys will have a clear list of ideas and suggestions that will help them be the groom they always wanted to be, but didn’t know how.  Of course, they’ll be gently reminded about what not to do on the wedding day or during the build up to it.

It’s guaranteed to be a bit of fun and many guys may be surprised to learn that they’re not as unromantic as they thought.

More info at The Wedding Show website.

• Sunday April 5, 2009 – Edgar Centre Dunedin
• April 19 – Aotea Centre Auckland

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