Hosting a fabulous holiday party to appreciate your employees for their hard work throughout the year doesn't mean your company needs to break the bank. Here are some ideas to throw a company holiday party on a budget. To view the blog post go to http://blog.smartdraw.com/your-one-stop-shop-for-hosting-a-company-holiday-party/

1. How to Throw a Company Holiday
Party on a Budget

2. This presentation is inspired by the
SmartDraw Blog post entitled,
“How to Throw a Company
Holiday Party on a Budget”
To view the full blog posting go to
http://blog.smartdraw.com/
SmartDraw Tip: To create an infographic you can start by
navigating to the Infographic Category and leveraging the
templates, data charts, or examples.
When I created this particular infographic I wasn't able to
find a Santa Clause like symbol within the library. Instead,
I used the Home Ribbon's Shape control. After combining
two hearts, one rectangle, and circle I was able to create a
Santa hat to add on top of my figure.

3. Have a Party Planning Committee
SmartDraw Tip: You can easily save this
party planning check list as a template in
SmartDraw. Learn how in my previous
post titled “How to Increase Productivity
Using Custom Templates.” In addition, if
you find that there are certain individuals
who are responsible for certain tasks each
year you can save their names and those
tasks that are assigned to them. Simply
enter their names into the Mind Map
before saving it as a Custom Template.

4. Make Your Own
Invitations
SmartDraw Tip: Invitations set the theme for the
event. And when you create your invitations in SmartDraw,
you can also create a whole suite of stationary including
programs, place cards, gift tags, and signs. The
possibilities are endless.
When I created the invitation, I wanted it to be fun and
festive. The challenge was to find a fun and festive
font. Initially, none of the fonts were working. Yet, when I
decided to italicize the font it was exactly what I was
looking for.

5. Arrange Assigned Seating
SmartDraw Tip: To ensure that each name can be
easily read, I added a white transparent
background. To make a shape transparent, simply
select the shape then navigate to the Fill menu found
in the Home Ribbon. Located below the Standard
Colors section of the menu, you'll find the
Transparency options. Select one of the options.

6. Add Some Fun Into
the Mix
Host a Holiday Gift Exchange
SmartDraw Tip: I wasn't able to find clip art of presents in the
SmartDraw Library. So, I created the presents using squares and
triangles. Once I created one, I simply added it to my SmartDraw
Library as a Custom Symbol just like I would a Custom Template. That
made creating the next one a matter of clicking and dragging the
symbols from the Library into the Work Area.

7. Go to the SmartDraw Blog
to download your FREE
SmartDraw Holiday
Party Planning Kit
Simply down load the kit, open the file, and the "Holiday Party Planning Kit"
will automatically appear in your Custom Categories folder in
SmartDraw. You'll have all the source files of the diagrams in this blog.
Edit the diagrams and you've got your party planning started for you.

8. About RuthJoy Bitner, M.Ed.
With a M.Ed. in Human Resource Development and
Organizational Behavior, RuthJoy has become a trusted
advisor and educator working with mid-market to global
organizations providing change management and user
adoption strategy services for more than 15 years. As the
Director of Learning and Organizational Development of
SmartDraw Software she continues to coach and mentor
professionals from non-profits to Fortune 500 companies.
An unashamed perfectionist and absolute “SmartDraw Addict,” she
discovers innovative ways to use diagrams in her day-to-day activities to
increase productivity and efficiency for herself as well as her clients.

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