Category: Event Staffing Operations

Why Events Need Workforce Management

Events need workforce management because each event is a fixed deadline met by a workforce that changes every time. The doors open whether the ...

How to Calculate Staffing Ratios

Industry-standard staffing ratios give event organisers a defensible starting point for headcount. They translate licensing requirements, service expectations, and crowd risk into numbers teams ...

Event Staffing Solutions

An event staffing solution is the platform agencies use to plan, schedule, brief, and deliver temporary teams. It runs across multiple events and clients ...

How to Track Volunteer Hours

A small team of volunteers can track their hours with a clipboard and a spreadsheet. Ten or fifteen people at a single event is ...

Migrate from Spreadsheets to Workforce Management Software

The decision to migrate from spreadsheets to workforce management software takes most event staffing agencies four to eight weeks. The work is more about ...

How to Manage a Temporary Workforce

Knowing how to manage a temporary workforce means running a system that absorbs change between every event. The roster shifts. The roles change. The ...

what-is-brand-ambassador
Discover what makes for the ideal brand ambassador. Go beyond vanity metrics and understand who you should approach and bring on board. Read more. ...
How to Reduce Staff Turnover

Staff turnover in event staffing is driven by a lack of clarity, not a lack of pay. When temporary workers feel forgotten between jobs, ...

What Is Event Staff

Event staff are temporary or freelance workers engaged to deliver specific roles at events. That is the simple definition. But for agencies and suppliers, ...

How to Calculate Staffing Needs

Knowing how to calculate staffing needs is one of the most important operational skills for any event staffing agency, supplier, or venue managing temporary ...