“Holiday entertainment planning is a serious business – a lot happens behind the scenes, long before the CEO says thanks for a job well-done”, says Incredible BORIS (Boris Cherniak). Around this time of the year, human resources managers and company CEOs are asking the age-old question - How do we make our holiday event an affair to remember? After all, we are simply trying to thank the employees, suppliers and their families for a job well done throughout the year. We also want this event to motivate the group to be happy and productive in the future. This is a more difficult task that may appear from outside. “The people planning functions have an enormous task of fitting into the ever-shrinking budgets while keeping party-goers satisfied,” says Boris Cherniak, corporate event planning professional, comedy hypnotist entertainer and motivational speaker. Here is a helpful checklist of planning an affair for the holidays (as provided by Boris Cherniak): 1. Budget. Break d...

Just finished a week that started in Victoria, BC and eneded in Charlottown, Prince Edward Island - crossing the continent in seven days. It included flights, drives and ferries. I am a one-man show, so being able to be anywhere on a day's notice is my specialty. This past week is normally one of the busiest weeks of the year for functions. It is frosh week in the colleges, conferences and fall festival week (normally right after labor day). The shows are generally very well received as the people are feeling rejuvinated after a summer away and have a lot of energy and excitement of being "back" to whatever they do. My shows were nothing less and I had a great time. I had many interesting adventures: - forgot my cell phone on a plane, only to have it brought to me by security. I realized it was gone only after I reached to turn it back on when leaving the terminal (and they don't let you back in). - enjoyed tasty eating in Halifax - enjoyed the views in New Hamp...