The corporate entertainment moves at pace; what’s hot one minute is lukewarm the next. What that means for your next corporate event is that you’re under pressure to make sure it’s a success. While corporate entertainment isn’t the be all and end all of an event…it does play a big part. To help out, we’ve identified the top three trends when it comes to entertainment for a corporate event.
Here they are:
This one isn’t such a surprise because there is nothing better that audiences being completely engaged in a multi-sensory, engaging environment that truly transports them somewhere else. This can be can around a theme – choosing a beloved decade for example (of course we’re going to suggest the 80s!) and creating a space with a live party band playing music from the era, along with art, costumes and décor that reflect that period. Other themes include Hollywood glam with live sax players adding a bit of atmosphere, Speakeasy decadence with a dedicated jazz band, or a flirty festival corporate event complete with a roaming band, customised wellies and finger food from a host of vendors.
But theming your next corporate event isn’t your only option; immersive experiences can be created in any number of ways. A mixology session with expert cocktail makers – creating customised alcoholic and non-alcoholic; interactive dining with chefs making food on demand; or entertainment acts that are out of the ordinary, like acrobats, contortionists, or the ever-engaging champagne skirts!
With such an emphasis being placed on ESG initiatives, sustainability and the environment, it isn’t any wonder that corporate events are following suit. While the corporate events themselves aren’t created around a sustainable theme, they are created with sustainability in mind – from not using single-use items on the evening and being aware of the carbon impact of travel for four hundred guests (plant trees to offset this!) to ensuring party favours and decorations are recyclable and eco-friendly. Working with sustainable vendors and suppliers – like B Corporation certified businesses – will help bring this trend to bear.
Keeping your guests entertained and engaged at your next corporate event could mean using more technology – and no, not the funky photobooth. It’s a tech-forward approach that is using the latest tech to dazzle and delight a large audience. Holographic performances are gaining traction in corporate entertainment, especially in bringing speeches to life, whether that is a historical figure adding veritas to the evening or the remote CEO addressing his team. They can also bring entertainment acts to life across a large space or be used to demonstrate new products in 3D, showing all angles. And that is not to mention the most used phrase of the year – artificial intelligence! Using AI to generate music, poetry or personalised art installations is a fantastic way to boost audience interest and get them actively involved in entertaining themselves.
If you’d like to bring these engaging corporate event entertainment ideas to life why not work with a partner who has experience in making that happen. The team at Gecko Live lives and breathes entertainment – being musicians and entertainers themselves, they know exactly what the challenges are in selecting entertainment for a corporate event and ensuring everything goes off without a hitch.
Chat to us today – we’re here to help.