Happy Fourth of July!!

Friday July 2, 2010

From all of the UC Davis Conference and Event Services staff, we would like to wish everyone out there a Happy 4th of July! As we continue to go through these great summer months, we would encourage all of you out there to choose UC Davis when planning your next big event. With all of our beautiful outdoor venues, you will be able to have a professional planned event in a very relaxed environment. Remember when you choose UC Davis: everything you need is already here!

Have Your Wedding at UC Davis

Friday June 11, 2010

Did you know that you can have your wedding at UC Davis? Well if you didn't know, now you do! UC Davis is not just one of California's premier meeting places for academic event and conferences, but is also a great place for you and your loved one to tie the knot. With a variety of outdoor facilities such as the: Putah Creek Lodge, Shields Grove Gazebo, or Good Life Garden, you can have a beautiful wedding.

To start planning your wedding at UC Davis there are no special requirements. Just as if you were planning a conference or event, call and event planner today and they can get you started on an event that will be one of your prized memories. Remember when planning with UC Davis, everything you need is already here.

Hyatt Place at UC Davis

Monday June 1, 2010

Did you know that there's a hotel right on campus? The Hyatt Place UC Davis was added to all of the other great facilities on campus and is now available for you to stay in! The Hyatt Place UC Davis has all of the great qualities of any Hyatt Place, and also provides you quick and easy access to any of the many meeting places you can choose from while having your event or conference here at UC Davis. With great highlights such as: complimentary hotel Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast, 24-hour made-to-order menu items and pre-packaged snacks, specialty espresso drinks, complimentary newspaper, complimentary parking, and MORE. If you have any questions or would like to make a reservation, you can visit the HYATT PLACE UCDAVIS website or call and talk with an event coordinator today!

Event Planning on Your Mobile

Friday April 16, 2010

Have you ever thought about managing an event on your mobile phone? Well Cheryl Lawson, owner of The Perfect Date, has developed an event planning application for Google's Android smartphones. Actually bringing two key applications in one package, the Event Planning tools application is actually a meeting space calculator, as well as an event budget calculator. Both components of the Event Planning tools application are very basic and consist of a mere plug-in strategy that will yield the event planner the numbers they need to get started with their event planning and coordination. Lawson explains in her article that although these applications have been around, in this day and age, their is a great convenience in having these specific applications on your mobile phone in order to get quick on the go results. To read more about Lawson's Event Planning application tools, or more about here event management and marketing firm, visit the hyperlinks above! Keep up the great work Cheryl and all those at The Perfect Date!

We want your feedback!

Hello all! Hope you all are enjoying the beginning of what looks to be a beautiful spring! At Conference and Event Services we are always looking for ways to improve our communication with you and we would like to ask you all out there what you would like to see us talk about more? What news do you want to hear? What specifically about our department do you want to know? As our clients, we want to know the best ways and best media to connect with you on. Please email aklong@ucdavis.edu with your thoughts and comments and we'll work to make our connection with all of you out there the best it can be. Thanks!

CES Marketing Team

Learning in Las Vegas

Friday March 12, 2010

This week, our Marketing Team and two Conference coordinators embarked on a journey to the fabulous city of Las Vegas where they learned great tips on how to further brand ourselves as an organization and how to boost our performance to further help you as clients. "You're going to hate me again, but I've got a lot of new ideas we should try out," said our director Lina Layiktez as she came back into the office today. During the great talks at the Event Solutions Conference & Tradeshow, Lina was able to gather some progressive ideas to implement in our department for the next upcoming months. Everyone was able to participate in the social media talks which "were very informative and really set us in the right direction for the future," said Ana Kitchen CES Program Manager and Katrina Evans, our new Marketing Manager, "the ways in which we'll be able to connect with people should be more creative and efficient." Other events that were attended by our wonderful conference attendees were: Wedding Design from Concept to Completion, Business Development: How to Turn Customers into Evangelists, and Maximizing Your Event Outcome in Times of Change. All and all, our marketing team is very excited as we are always looking for new ways to make our services better for all of you out there. With all of these great new ideas and perspectives we're sure we'll be able to be a lot more proficient in these times of change. Keep a look out on all of our social networks sites for updates!

Registration? We Can Do That for You Too.

Friday March 5, 2010

Usually when booking with other organizations, you are going to have to either handle registration yourself, or find another party to hand it for you- not with us! Here at UC Davis Conference and Event Services we have registration solutions that are convenient for any conference or event you may have. Our registration services include: conference web page, online registration and credit card processing, Printed materials, mailings online, and abstract submission acceptance. To say the least, we have you're basic registration needs covered, and we want you to take advantage of this great service! So the next time you're thinking about planning a conference or event and you have registration, you can check it off when booking with us. Call an event planner today and get your event going!

Davis and the Surrounding Area

Friday February 26, 2010

While visiting UC Davis you will not only be able to travel through our exciting and homey community, but will have access to various other areas of Northern California; most of which not being longer than a two hour drive. From the San Francisco Bay Area, to the beautiful serene views of Lake Berryessa, we really encourage all of our clients to really venture out into the surround area because there is so much rich California culture at our backdoor. The San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge and the beautiful and tasty vineyards of Napa Valley, only around an hour away. Looking for snow and beautiful lakes? No problem, Lake Tahoe is just two hours away! With some many different climates and cultural diversity around, you wont be disappointed when planning an event at UC Davis. So what are you waiting for?! Plan today because at UC Davis, everything you need is arleady here.

A Thank You From CES!

Thursday February, 18 2010

To everyone out there that attending the Plan Green Conference and Event Planners Exchange Tradeshow, we'd like to give you a big thank you! Because of you all, we are able to have this event every year, and we'd like to thank you for all your participation and feedback. To all of the vendors and caterers, we know these are tough economic times, and for you to come out after such a touch year really shows your appreciation for this event. For all those event planners that attended, we'd like to thank you for coming out to listen to our speakers and find vendors and caterers for your future conference or events. Please if you all have any feedback, please email aklong@ucdavis.edu to share your experience, and thanks again for attending!

Plan Green and EPE Tradeshow

Friday February 12, 2010

Hello everyone! This is just a friendly reminder that the 2nd annual Plan Green Conference and the 13th annual Event Planners Exchange (EPE) Vendor and Caterer Tradeshow will be this upcoming Tuesday, February 16. We are excited for yet another year for these two great events and expect a lot of great vendors, caterers, and event planners to be in attendance. We would also like to thank our sponsors: Gaia Hotel, UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services, and Screaming Squeegee. These three sponsors have given some great giveaways for the Plan Green Conference, so please say thank you when you see them at the EPE Tradeshow! So, until Tuesday, see you all at the conference and the tradeshow! Have a safe and relaxing three day weekend!

What Are You Doing After Your Conference?

Friday February 5th, 2010

Have time in between your conference or event? Or do you want to stick around in Davis after your event? Visit one of UC Davis's many on campus attractions! From the California Raptor Center to the Gorman Art Museum, or the Bohart Entomology Museum, there is something for you to see right on our beautiful. As we've said before, "everything you need is here," and we weren't just talking about event coordination and event management, there's things for you and your colleagues to do while you're not cooped up in a room listening to speakers or busy thinking about the direction of your company's sales plan. We want you to be able to relax and actually discover and see things you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else, and what a better way to do that than on a University of Calfornia campus? So the next time you book an event or conference with us, ask about the on campus attractions we have to offer, there's something for everyone!

You Need Athletic Facilities? We Have Those Too.

Friday January 29, 2010

With many of our athletic teams being NCAA Division I, it is only right that we have great facilities to match our team's great performances. From Aggie Football to Women's Water Polo, Men's Basketball to Women's Lacrosse, there is a facility that matches the caliber of these great young men and women.

Aggie Stadium, UC Davis's newest athletic facility, seats 11,000 spectators and is one of the premier stadiums in the Sacramento Valley. The Schaal Aquatic Center, with up to a 24 swimming lane capacity, once again providing the Sacramento Valley with another great athletic facility. So what does that mean for all you athletic event planners out there? Well, this means that our great facilities are here for you to use as well! Not only are these facilities here for your great UC Davis Aggie Athletics, but for your potential athletic events!

"Hosting youth sporting events on college campuses is a natural fit. The facilities are at your fingertips all within close proximity, dorms and dining facilities are added bonuses, and there's a strong base of event volunteers to be found in the student body. UC Davis is a beautiful setting for such events and the Campus Events and Visitor Services are a friendly and reliable group to work with." -Amanda Stokes, Sports Manager, Amateur Athletic Union

As Amanda said, "hosting youth sporting events on college campuses is a natural fit," so why look any further than UC Davis? With everything from the athletic facility that you need, to over night accomodation and dining facilities, we're you're one stop shop as an event planner. If you're interested in having an athletic event at UC Davis please call an event coordinator today! And remember: Everything you need is already here.

Have Your Special Event With Us!

Friday January 22, 2010

Interested in having a special event in Davis? Why not choose UC Davis as your one stop shop for your special event! With a variety of facilities and services, we can not only coordinate great conferences, but special celebrations as well. Many people have chose UC Davis as their place to have their wedding, award ceremony, or retirement parties. And there is no reason to be an alum of UC Davis either! Having your special event at UC Davis is just another way to become part of the Aggie family.

So the next time you are thinking about having a special event in the Sacramento Valley area, make sure to think UC Davis. We're here to help you make your event a success, and with everything you need already here, it's sure to be an event you'll truly remember!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! UC Davis Conference and Event Services would like to extend a very happy new year to you and best wishes to all of your future endeavors in the new decade we have finally reached! 2009 came and went, and it is now time for a new year packed with great services and event coordination from us once again! Please pay close attention to our facebook and twitter pages for frequent updates on facilities, upcoming events, and other activities going on in the community. In 2010, we are planning to do more giveaways and contests in order to give you, our clients, something to look forward to each an every week. We'd also like to thank all of you that have joined our Facebook page, and if you haven't please do! UC Davis Conference and Event Services. Once again happy new year and we'll be seeing all of you around!

Our New Facebook Fan Page!

Don't know if any of you have heard, but we have a new facebook fan page! This page will be used to communicate with all of you out there on facebook about our great facilities and services we have on campus, as well as events that will be held on campus. We invite all of you to become a fan of us on facebook and enough all of the great news and giveaways that we will be doing regularly! Hope to see you on the fan page and make sure to tell invite your friends!

Students May Be Leaving, But We're Still Here!

Monday December 7, 2009

Today may mark the first day of finals here at UC Davis for students, but at the end of the week, and until a couple days before Christmas, we'll be here! Many folks may think that the university is closed when classes are not in session, but that's not the case! Many departments are running and Conferences and Event Services is one of those departments that is still here to help you with all of your event management needs. Same business hours, same location, same great service. Also, don't forget you can find a lot of information on facilities and services over the winter holidays on Events.ucdavis.edu! Happy Holidays everyone!

Office Word of the Day: Consolidation

Friday November 13, 2009

With all of the consolidation going on through many departments within the University and with many organizations throughout Northern California, we encourage you to count on us to pick up the slack when it comes to your event planning needs. With 15 years of experience, we are here to lighten the load on an event that may cause you and your organization trouble. With our friendly event coordinators that have seen events of all shapes and sizes, we ask you to take a deep breathe and let us handle what we love to do. So the next time you think about how you are going to compensate for the shortage of people power in your office when you are planning an event, look no further than UC Davis Conference and Event Services. You can trust us, we're event coordinators.

Office Word of the Day: Qualified

Monday November 9, 2009

When working with UC Davis Conference and Event Services, you know that you are working with qualified event planners that are here to help you with your event. We've been at our job for years and with all of those years of experience under our belt, we are ready for various situations and ideas you can throw at us. You need internet access in your rooms? We have it. You need audio and visual equipment on site? We have that. You need on site accommodation? We have that too. Name something that we can do for you and we'll try to have everything there for you and your event to be an success. We're motivated, we're hardworking, and we're qualified. Trust us, we're event planners.

The Scoop on Being Greener: Walking

Friday October 30, 2009

It's pretty simple and easy, and it should be a no brainer for most folks, but due to it's simplicity, it can be overlooked. Walking! The activity that took you months to learn as an infant is still extremely healthy for you, as well as the environment. With all of the pollutants that can come from automobiles, it is important to remember instead of driving down the street to visit your neighbor, you can always walk down the street to visit your neighbor. Walking provides you with great exercise, as well as, providing you with a beautiful scenary of your neighboorhood. While driving in a car, you may have overlooked certain places in your neighboorhood that you've never seen before, neighboors you've never met before! Take the time today to walk around your neighboorhood: great exercise and great environment.

The Scoop on Being Greener: Plan Green Conference 2010

Monday October 19, 2009

The date is in the books and the 2nd annual Plan Green Conference will be held on Tuesday February 16, 2009! We are extremely excited once again to have a conference devoted to green practices in the industry we love the most, event planning. We find it very important to continue to push green ideas and practices in the event planner's industry because we do hold a lot of power in the way an event goes, and in our profession, we can not only make the difference for an event, but also the environment as well.

Last year if you remember, we had over 400 UC Davis event planners in attendance and we hopefully plan to have over 400 this year. Of course we will be having the vendor and caterer showcase just like last year, so make sure to bring your questions and appetites for all those folks working their booths!

Once again, the conference will be held on Tuesday February 16, 2010, so make sure you save the date! Please call (530) 754-7181 for any questions or concerns