Hello, My name is Kevin Alderman and I am brand new to this website which I think is a brilliant way to pass ideas back and forth. I think a Comedy Night is a great way to get residents out mingling with each other and could help build relationships within the community. We try our best to make thins fun for everybody and convenient for you property managers and event planners. We will bring the sound equipment so you guys don't have to worry about it and even help out with staging of the clubhouse for the best possible show. Not to worry, by the way, our shows are a PG-13 show so you wont hear vulgarity or offensive material. Just a fun night of comedy! Hope this helps! Thanks, Kevin ...

When apartment communities think about apartment parties, they generally focus on their own events, whether it is that Black Friday Launch Party they have been wanting to do, or maybe a Hot Chocolate Bar For Your Winter Apartment Community Party. But there are ways to add value to the "lifestyle" program for your residents, without having to plan the event yourself! In the surrounding community, outside of the property, and in the city at large, there are often events you can leverage in your own events programming. We actually received an online invitation from an apartment community to attend the "2014 Christmas Parade". Our first reaction was that we had never seen a community put on a parade before, but it turns out that they were simply sharing information about the city's Christmas Parade. Granted, we were not residents at the community, so their...

Over the years Black Friday has become a tradition among many Americans. Host a Launch Party at your community very early in the morning with (strong) coffee, hot chocolate, donuts and fruit. In most cities the newspaper published the day before Thanksgiving is the largest of the year because of the Black Friday ads. Order enough copies for your residents and deliver them on Wednesday with print collateral promoting your Launch Party.

Several years ago, we thought it would be an amazing program to have Starbucks Frappuccinos at the pool on select Saturdays! Unfortunately, the challenge to making that happen was quite steep, but that may all be changing! Starbucks just announced that it is going to roll out a delivery service in select markets! One of our strong beliefs is that an amenity has no value to your residents if they don't actually use it. So while the pool really impressed them during the initial sale, once they live at the community for a while and never use it, the pool slowly loses value to them. So programs to maximize your existing amenities is absolutely crucial, and this is a great way to jumpstart the pool during the summer! As this is a new program, we don't know the exact details....

Get prepared for winter by planning a hot chocolate bar during your winter party!  We found this idea at Indianapoluxe and love their take on a simple hot chocolate!  Rather than simply providing hot chocolate, they give everybody the chance to customize it to their preferences by adding peppermint, peanut butter, marshmallows, or caramel. This is one of those small elements of an apartment party that isn't huge in itself, but adds a little magic to the event.  What other ingredients would be good to add?