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Dec
29
Planning an A+ Wedding Reception
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Every bride-to-be has dreamed about getting married practically since they were little girls. Some brides remember drawing themselves with veils in crayon in preschool. Others remember practicing a new surname on the back of a a high school notebook.. No matter how you cut the wedding cake, every bride-to-be wants their wedding to be considered happy, special, and sometimes "THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE." However, the reality is ...dreams do not always unfold into reality.
So, what exactly can a bride do to help her happy visions actually come to life?
A wedding reception is like a research paper. To make for a great one, research has to be done. But before you do any research, you need to focus on finding the right questions, before you can try to find answers. First off, the bride and groom should identify "The Big Question" and then decide on a thesis (an answer) they are both comfortable with.
The only real way to be happy with your reception is if all the people around you are happy. The big question, therefore, then should not be "What do I want?" but rather, "What do I want for my guests?"
By formulating this question every time you plan an aspect of your party, you are planning from the guests' perspective. Planning using the "Big Question" instead of something more selfish and meaningful to only you, will spawn a number of sub-questions that go along with it like, "what do I want my guests to say when they sit down?" and also, "what do I want my guests to say when they walk out the door?"
Demographics is everything. Thinking about who is going to be there before you actually plan, will make your reception "the best wedding of all time." Different people like different things and you have to have a happy medium of what they will like and what you will like too.
Realizing that you are trying to accommodate all of your guests' wishes from a great wedding reception is only the first step. Next, you have to do your research. Your homework is to find what really makes you happy, and also makes every guest attending happy as well. Because wedding receptions happen everywhere everyday, it is safe to say thousands of reception options have been created and your answers are out there. You just have to find them. Using this planning philosophy can work in every area including food, entertainment, music and even the overall look & layout of the decor.
Let's apply this unselfish planning thinking from the guests' perspective to one particular aspect of the reception: The Cake. While you may absolutely love the idea of a classy cream cheese carrot cake, Uncle Charlie may absolutely **** IT. That doesn't mean you have to be unselfish and not have carrot cake, it only means you have to think outside of the box. What would my guests like to see in a cake? How can I make everyone happy? In this case, why not try WEDDING CUPCAKES. Have you heard of this? You tier up a wedding cake display with many different types of cup cakes, in displayed in the shape of a traditional wedding cake. Everyone, including you and Uncle Charlie is now happy.
As a Wedding DJ, I tell my clients that if you really want to have your guests look back at attending "the best wedding ever," keep them in mind as much as yourself. Happiness breeds happiness. Playing your favorite songs is important and fine, but remember to always involve some of your guests' favorite songs as well-even when they might not involve the same types of musical tastes. Find the happy medium, it is out there.
Kenny Casanova is a DJ for "The DJ Service" out of Upstate, NY in Albany. Visit http://www.Thedjservice.com for more information about how to keep everyone happy at a wedding reception.
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Dec
29
The Hyatt Grand Champion Resort in Indian Wells hosted the July Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Mixer; in attendance were local small business folks, local dignitaries, ambassadors, nonprofit leaders and the "who's who" of the local corporate world. The high-classed treats kept coming during the entire meeting and the hospitality was world class, as would be expected from World Famous Hyatt Grand Champion Resort.
The networking opportunities were outstanding stated several of the guests and local business people, as they learned about the Hyatt's many benefits such as their innovative "Plush @ the pool" services, with a live DJ, poolside fashion shows, and private VIP cabana with trained massage personnel. Event goers also learned of the Lantana Restaurant specializing in contemporary California Cuisine.
One gentleman, a retired local small businessman, who admitted he was first to show up and nearly last to leave said; "This was one of the best mixers I've been to in the Valley in several years."
Indeed, it was nearly standing room only and everyone came with a great attitude and a friendly smile. One of the Chamber Board Members lamented: "The Hyatt Grand Champion is one of our Desert Resorts greatest treasures, and they are even hosting a blood drive on Friday with the easy listening radio station."
In observing the well run city of Palm Desert and how the business community functions with the rest of the city, it's no wonder that this is one of the premiere desert resorts in the world. I hope you will someday visit and experience this wonderful area.
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Dec
29
What a Medical Billing Company Can Do For Your Practice
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Just because a doctor owns his own practice does not mean that he is doing particularly well. It might be true, but it also may not be. A physician does not necessarily have the right business skills to run his office and will not be very successful monetarily. They can be the best doctors in the world but they must have the right skills in billing for their practice to reap the rewards.
If the doctor is smart enough to recognize this weakness, he can hire the services of a medical billing company to take care of all his office needs.
Trained professionals who know all the ins and outs of insurance and medical billing staff a medical billing company. They are capable of handling all aspects of making claims to the insurance company and getting the payments in on time.
Insurance companies don't make things easy for the medical practice. They have a tendency to deny claims at the drop of a hat.
If the practice is very busy and sees a great many patients there will be a lot of claims that need to be submitted to the insurance company. If only one member of the practices staff is handling this they will have to manually fill out and submit the claims for every patient that goes through the office. If there is one mistake on these claims the insurance company will deny it immediately and send it back. Now that one person has to refill out the form correctly in addition to the new claims that they must do every day.
Even when everything is done right it can still take the insurance company a very long time to send the payment. For a small practice this can spell disaster. If there are a couple of denials and late payments this can effectively put the practice out of business.
A medical billing company can put all of those worries to rest. The staff of the practice will no longer have to do all of the work that is required for the insurance companies. The billing company utilizes professionals who will be able to get all of the claims filled out and filed in a timely manner. They will also be able to use electronic means to file the claims. This gets rid of the manual method of submitting claims.
The professional at the medical billing company will also make sure that the claim makes it all the way through to the insurance company and is paid. They take the time to monitor the claims all the way through the process. Medical billing companies have a very high success rate for getting their claims paid.
When a claim is submitted electronically it will be denied or accepted immediately. When it is accepted the funds will be sent to the practice within a few days instead of the months that it could take with a manual system.
For a smaller practice this is a big deal. To get their money in a timely manner is the one factor that will decide if they are in business in a week. For practices that think a medical billing company is too costly to justify, they should sit down and figure out what it is costing them to do it in their current manner.
This type of billing company will be beneficial for any practice, regardless of the specialty.
Peter Geisheker is CEO of The Geisheker Group marketing company. One of the types of clients that Peter helps are medical billing companies and medical billing services
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