{"id":1833,"date":"2011-01-27T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2015-05-27T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T17:25:48","slug":"event-programs-dont-have-to-be-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/event-programs-dont-have-to-be-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Programs Don&#8217;t Have To Be Boring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Pristine-Specialty-Programs\/-108533\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1907\" title=\"Pristine Specialty Programs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT103BK1-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pristine Specialty Programs\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT103BK1-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT103BK1-88x150.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT103BK1-206x350.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT103BK1.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a>When it comes time to have an event where a lot of things are taking place, like a school musical, a wedding or a show, the first thing we get when we walk in the door is a <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Programs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Programs-2-Panel\" target=\"_blank\">program<\/a>. Some event programs do a great job of listing everything that\u2019s going to be going on, and some don\u2019t do quite as well. Some programs are little more than a folded piece of paper and are as boring as they get. But with a little imagination and the right paper, they don\u2019t have to be boring at all.<\/p>\n<p>People who put on events want everyone in the audience to know what\u2019s coming up. Thatway people can take part when need be, or just so they know who\u2019s coming up on stage next. Having an event program that does that well not only gives the audience the cues they need, but also gives them a certain level of entertainment andinformation in the process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1906\" title=\"Allegro Programs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15421-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"Allegro Programs\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15421-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15421-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15421-350x297.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15421.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Printing event programs is easy to do. You can get paper specifically designed for programs and download templates for your favorite word processor so you can lay it out easily. That way if you get program paper with a nice border or with an interesting fold pattern, you don\u2019t have to fight with the layout to make sure it&#8217;s right. These templates make it easy to place graphics, to set up text and to make sure everything looks perfect before you print them off. After you get the layout right, just hit print and in a few minutes, you\u2019ll have made some great event programs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Baccalaureate-Programs\/-166001\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1904\" title=\"Baccalaureate Programs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15591-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"Baccalaureate Programs\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15591-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15591-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15591-215x350.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/PDT15591.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>The great thing about printing your own event programs, aside from the fact that it is actually fairly easy to do is the fact that they are inexpensive as well. Buying blank program paper and doing your own setup and printing costs only a few cents per program and you can make more if they\u2019re going to be needed. This saves a lot of headaches since you do not have to send the job out to a printing company and go through the proofing process and having to wait for production.<\/p>\n<p>No, event programs don\u2019t have to be boring, nor do they have to be expensive. Check out all the great paper designs available and see what you can do to make your own. You\u2019ll be surprised at how great they\u2019ll be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes time to have an event where a lot of things are taking place, like a school musical,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-event-ideas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14828,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions\/14828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}