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7 Event Planning Lessons From a Planner Who Once Staged a Rooftop Elephant

April 16, 2026

From last-minute bar builds in NYC traffic to a life-size circus elephant at the Four Seasons, Lisa Capre of CapreLife Curated shares hard-won lessons every event planner needs to hear — and the data to back them up.

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Planner Perspectives

7 Event Planning Lessons From a Planner Who Once Staged a Rooftop Elephant

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Planner Perspectives: 30 Years of Hard-Won Event Planning Wisdom from Carole Brault of CanREA

10 Event Planning Tips From a CEO Who Quit Her Six-Figure Job to Change Lives

From Cancer Diagnosis to CEO: How Stephanie McVeigh Built an Incentive Agency on Resilience, Strategy, and "Oh My" Moments

Purpose-Driven Planning: Lessons From a Nonprofit Event Pro Who Does More With Less

Still Evolving After 20 Years: How This Event Planner Turned Pandemic Chaos Into His Biggest Growth Opportunity

From Accidental Start to Industry Expert: How One Nonprofit Planner Masters Complex Events on a Tight Budget

From The Scented Candle to CEO: One Planner's Unfiltered Journey Through Events

From Layoff to Launch: How Event Planner Fiona Nieman Built a Thriving Business on Relationships

From Crisis to CEO: Dana Ellis on Building a Thriving Event Agency in a Changing Industry

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