Corporate Event Planning Guides by DJ Will Gill

Every guide DJ Will Gill has written about planning the event itself lives on this page: which entertainment fits which format, how to hire it, what an emcee actually does, what still works for remote audiences, and what it all costs. Will is the Wall Street Journal’s #1 Corporate DJ and Emcee with more than 2,520 five-star Google reviews across events for Google, Amazon, Salesforce, PayPal and Pepsi.

Use it like a table of contents. Each section runs from the most complete guide to the quickest read. Music, playlist and streaming guides have their own index: Music and Playlist Guides.

Jump to: Event types and audience engagement · Hiring entertainment · Emcee and hosting · Virtual and hybrid events · Keynotes and speakers · Gear, sound and cost

Event types and audience engagement

All-hands, galas, holiday parties, retreats, trade shows and the engagement thinking behind each format. 60 guides.

Hiring entertainment

Bands, musicians and DJs: what to ask, what to avoid, what the good ones do differently. 9 guides.

Emcee and hosting

How a professional emcee holds a room, from song curation to hire-or-DIY decisions. 21 guides.

Virtual and hybrid events

What still works for remote audiences, from Zoom party ideas to virtual sales kickoffs. 19 guides.

Keynotes and speakers

Roles, fees and how to place a keynote inside a full program. 5 guides.

Gear, sound and cost

What the equipment costs, what it needs, and where engagement saves money. 4 guides.

Who writes these guides

Every article here comes from working events: conferences, sales kickoffs, galas, all-hands meetings and hybrid shows. The advice is what gets used on stage, not theory.