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Working Method

You’ve only got one shot at a great event!

We work according to fixed structures and straightforward procedures, leaving nothing to chance. The result of nearly 30 years of experience and more than 1,750 events.
No wonder clients, suppliers and industry peers picked Dechesne & Boertje as events company of the year!
Dechesne & Boertje is a full service event marketing company. We offer everything from developing the creative concept to everything involved in the actual event. Some of these services include:

  • strategic advice about using events
  • concept development and budgets
  • preliminary phase: forms of communications
  • event (location, decoration, engineering, catering, speakers, entertainment and transportation)
  • follow-up check: outcome assessment

We have shortened the path to a successful event to just a few simple steps; you always know exactly what you can expect from us.


Getting acquinted

Getting acquinted

One or more meetings to discuss:

  • 'DNA' of the client (including strategy, vision, core values, culture, history)
  • definition of the request
  • aims and target group for the envisaged event
  • client’s specific needs and requirements
  • conditions
  • client’s communication strategy
  • budget

Creation

Creation:

  • devise a concept plan (with help from the client if required: co-creation)
  • personal presentation of the concept plan, including clear estimate of the budget

Set out agreements

Set out agreements

  • Draft plan is polished into a definitive plan
  • Regular updates of the planning and progress reports
  • Definitive project budget including financial agreements
  • Agreements re. working method
  • Plan progress meetings

Event preparation

Event preparation:

  • Designate permanent project management with a permanent stand-in as ‘back-up’
  • Regular update and progress meetings
  • Clear agreements with suppliers
  • Formulate plans, scenario’s and schedules
  • Budget control

Event

The event:

  • The Dechesne & Boertje team, in conjunction with suppliers, will provide a streamlined execution


Evaluation

Evaluation:

  • The process will be evaluated with the client re.: content, organisational aspects and results in relation to the formulated objectives
  • The D&B Effectmeter®, an online measuring tool, can be applied if wished to measure the efficacy of the event.