By now, we’ve all accepted that the holidays will be different this year. But just because we can’t gather in person, it doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the season together. To help you do so, Beth Lawrence Meetings & Events decided to ask some industry experts for their virtual holiday party ideas. We spoke with Roshni Shukla, the Head of Storytelling at Lemonade and Mark Surkin, Co-Founder/CEO of Dineable for their takes on the virtual holiday party landscape.

Eight months into this global pandemic, we have done some reflecting and realized all of the valuable lessons we were forced to learn. BLME wanted to share these lessons with the world, in hopes of helping our fellow entrepreneurs.

Something we as a company pride ourselves on is knowing the worth of the work and services that we provide. Upon reflection, we realized that our job scope is greater than it’s ever been, and that is why we have decided to raise our prices for the upcoming year.

In the midst of the greatest global public health crisis of our lifetimes, navigating the new and ever-changing event landscape has been a challenge for event planners across the world. To help alleviate some of the confusion and noise and to highlight the perks and possibilities of virtual events, BLME is hosting The State of the Event Industry on 11/16.

While event industry professionals have gone to unprecedented lengths to adjust their practices during the current global pandemic, there are just some aspects of events that seem impossible to achieve virtually. Most of these aspects involve human connection and togetherness, such as toasting the commencement of an event, small talk during a cocktail hour, and sitting together for a meal. However, through innovation and a collaboration with Dineable, PWR Philly found a way to make the last option happen virtually. As a member of PWR Philly,, BLME was honored to be able to attend the cutting-edge event.

For many, these unprecedented times caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic have elicited feelings of loneliness and isolation. These feelings have occupied not only people’s personal lives, but their professional lives as well. However, during this ongoing crisis, we need to work together, sharing ideas, solutions, and alternatives, more than ever. Read on to explore BLME’s tips and ideas for professional collaboration in the COVID-19 era.

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B.PHL is a three-day series of workshops, meet ups, and curated experiences produced by Amplify Philly and sponsored by Independence Blue Cross.

After a pivot from an in-person event to a virtual format, Beth Lawrence Meetings and Events worked with the organizers to curate over 140 sessions, a Film Festival, over 350 speakers, and socially distant in-person events for those in the Philadelphia region.

The speaker line-up was a mix of local experts and nationally-known celebrities such as Issa Rae, Nick Offerman, America Ferrrara, and Pitbull. 

Close to 7,000 people from 49 US states and 37 countries attended the event.