
Cort director of marketing and product development Kevin Dana advises making sure you know how much design and space-planning assistance your vendor provides.
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Ask your designer if he or she will stay for the event's entirety. Jes Gordon, who designed a bar mitzvah in New York (pictured), says her team remains on site for the duration of an event if they are overseeing audiovisual production. If not, they may leave at some point and return for load out.
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