subject: Nametags Are Part Of Your Practical Meeting Equipment [print this page] When it comes to business events it is always a good idea to be able to alleviate the awkwardness of forgetting someone's name, especially if the event is a large one with many people. By using name tags to help identify the guests you can firstly help to break the ice and secondly encourage more people to interact and network.
Name tags themselves have been around for a long time, you may remember having your name tags sewn into your school uniform or gym kit by your mother when you were younger, as we get older and more reliable the use of the name tag has evolved to, a simple and cost effective way to identify guests, items around the office, drawers in a filing cabinet and so on and so forth.
So, with this in mind, how do you go about getting hold of some name tags? Well this is easy, all you have to do is look online, and there are a great many websites that offer name tags as one of their products, there are even a variety of different styles that you can select from including personalized versions, iron on and transfers. All you have to do is work out what you would like and the words printed on them and then send through your order, simple as that.
Say for example you have been put in charge of a big networking lunch in a few weeks time; you have got a confirmed guest list through and have been preparing the invitations as a courtesy, as well as a starter pack you will be providing all the guests with their own visible name tags, you know that you need around 300 name tags and so you do a search online to see if you can find a supplier, as you anticipated there are quite a few and so you decide to approach a few of them and ask for a quote and sample, this way you'll know the quality of the product before you commit to a larger order, a few days later your samples arrive in the post as do your quotes, you can now have a look over the details of the quote and how well the sample fits your requirements, then and only then can you make a decision, you decide to go with a local company as the product was of a good quality and you will make a saving on delivery as they have said they will drop it in for free.
So, now all that is left to do is to place the order with the supplier and raise a purchase order before getting on with arranging the rest of the networking event. A week later the name tags are delivered and they can be checked and stored for later use when they will be divided up by individual attendee and placed with the welcome packs ready for distribution from the event reception on the morning of the networking lunch.
