Each person has an important day in life when he was born. Any company has such a day - the legal date of creation. Leaders together with the team strive to make the organization’s birthday memorable for employees. This requires corporate culture and the need to create a single team to perform complex tasks. Often, customers, the media, senior management, and business partners participate in the celebration. Round dates and anniversaries are celebrated on a grand scale. This is a kind of report on what has been done over a long period, a parade of achievements and merits. Ordinary birthdays can be more modest and turn into a regular banquet, conference or picnic for employees.
Preparation for the celebration
Celebrating an organization’s birthday involves preparing for it. Planning a celebration begins with the appointment of the day - this is not necessarily a legal date, and determine the extent of the event.
Direct preparation begins two to three months before the cherished date. It should include:
• choice of venue (own room, rental of a hall, restaurant or camp site);
• determination of the composition of participants;
• drawing up cost estimates;
• organization of the preparation of awarding or honoring of the best employees (determination of these employees, preparation of motions for promotion, purchase of souvenirs);
• preparation of video materials, stands, banners and other visual information that takes time;
• drawing up a scenario plan of the event;
• ordering personalized souvenirs for holiday participants.
Festive decoration
Creation of a positive attitude is facilitated by competent design. The company logo must necessarily take pride of place, but you can recreate it using balloons or three-dimensional figures. Fresh flowers are appropriate at any time of the year. They can decorate tables or a scene. In large rooms, artificial flowers will be required, which it is advisable to arrange the room around the perimeter, using large floor vases or special stands.
On the organization’s birthday, it is advisable to prepare art objects with photographs of employees for the interest of the entire team. It all depends on the imagination. It can be a chandelier, a book stand, just a stand. You can prepare a special banner. Often it is made with slots for the head. Employees can arrange a photo shoot by inserting faces in the slots and taking photos against its background. It is easy to prepare a photo booth with a logo or company name. Everyone can be photographed in it during the holiday.
Entertainment program
Surveys show that employees are often somewhat indifferent to company birthdays. Assuming that they are needed only by the management of the company. This is due to the weak involvement of the team in the preparation and conduct of the event. On the birthday of the company, in addition to a banquet and presentation of souvenir products, an entertainment program should be well thought out for staff, taking into account age and gender characteristics. It can be:
• concert program using the creative potential of participants;
• sand or light show, prepared according to the script of employees;
• thematic quest;
• master classes in any spectacular areas;
• intellectual or sports games;
• professional competition with elements of humor.
Festive table
There are many ways to turn a congratulation to the company into a thematic buffet, which will be a logical continuation of the celebration idea. Among the most striking ideas can be identified:
• special design of the table using branded napkins, dishes, holders with interesting photographs from the history of the company;
• use of dishes prepared by skilled hands;
• table decoration with drawings in the form of friendly cartoons laid out around the table (if possible, the impression can be enhanced by special lighting);
• table setting in compliance with the special traditions of the organization;
• festive themed cake (in the form of a company logo or date from the day of foundation).
Company Birthday Celebration
And what about the presents? Celebrating the organization’s birthday, guests give gifts and honor the birthday. The culprit of this celebration is the leader and those who headed it earlier. The rule of good form is a holiday congratulation to the company addressed to these persons by the team. During the entertainment program, they can arrange shows with the “arrival” of famous people or the delivery of congratulatory telegrams. An important point in order to celebrate the organization’s birthday is the creation of an organizing committee for the preparation of the event, which can be held both on your own and with the involvement of professional organizations involved in the holidays. It all depends on the budget of the company and the availability of talented employees.
An organization’s birthday inviting guests requires compliance with ethical standards during their meeting, seating and participation in the event. The holiday will be held at a high level if employees who fulfill the role of welcoming hosts in relation to the invitees are identified.