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5 Tips For A Event With Name Badges

Speaking to event planners can give you a clear picture about their disappointments especially with event name badges. It is crucial to prepare very well for a business event or seminar and avoid mistakes and embarrassment. The guide below is helpful if you are looking forward to having an awesome workshop.

• Choosing the right size of the badge

Name badges should not be too big or too small. You need to select the size that will be comfortable for those wearing them. Too big name badges will be uncomfortable, and by the end of the event, most people will have set them aside. Remember you spent a lot on them and therefore they should be used effectively.

• Font size should be readable

Don’t use too small font sizes that will need the attendees to use glasses to read them. You know very well that straining to read a name is boring and nobody would be kind enough to do that. A real staff name badge should have the name of the business, the staff’s name and his or her post on that organization and they should all be visible.

• Branding

As much as your company name badge might need the company logo that should not interfere with the necessary information that is supposed to be shared with your audience. You name badge should be a sign of the brand of your company.

• The two sided program

You can try to let your name badges to be printed on both sides both front and at the back. They should have the same information because badges tend to turn the other hand at times. This will enable your audience to read your name even when it faces the other side.

QR Codes or Barcodes

With improved technology, some highly developed business organizations use bar codes on their name badges. The QR codes link the contact information of the attendees with a Smartphone which can scan that code and give all the contact details. Having bar codes on your name badges saves you the time to collect business cards and trying to enter the information manually.

For a great event, plan everything well and countercheck the name badges well just to ensure that they have no errors at all. It is very embarrassing to walk around with employee name badges which are full of misspelled words. Take time to work on everything well to ensure that your business event is not affected by minor errors.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tim Collins .