How to Design a Standout Lanyard for Corporate Events

If you are organising any kind of corporate event, then there will be a lot that needs to go into your planning. There will be huge details involved such as venues, catering and guest lists, but there are also many smaller elements that can have a huge impact. One such thing is the inclusion of event lanyards.

These are incredibly popular and useful at almost any type of event, and yet they are often overlooked. One of their best features is the fact that they can be fully customised to stand out as part of your corporate event. Here, we’ve put together some of the best design tips to make sure your lanyard is perfect.

Access levels

Most events will have varying amounts of access for different people. This might simply be the difference between staff and guests, or you may opt to have different tiers amongst those who have been invited, such as VIP's. Your lanyards can be designed to accommodate all of these different access levels quickly and easily.

One of the most effective ways to do this is through a colour coded system. This means your team can easily identify exactly where different people are permitted to be at a glance thanks to their lanyard. As most lanyards give you the ability to add text as well as identity cards, it can be even easier to identify different people and their roles.

This means you can prevent anyone from gaining unauthorised access to any part of your event, and you can also help to manage a steady flow of people in the right direction.

Promotional branding

If you are hosting a corporate event, then branding is incredibly important. You will need to make sure that your company name is noticed and remembered in all the right ways and so including it on your lanyard is essential. Lanyards have a huge range of customisation options and so you can go far beyond the colour of the fabric to help link in with your branding.

Once you have chosen lanyards that represent your company colours, you can also add things like company names, logos, web addresses or strap lines to make sure that your message gets across to every single visitor. There are no limits to the way in which you can personalise your lanyards so you can ensure that they are stylish, eye-catching and fitting perfectly with both your brand and your event.

Attachments

When anyone thinks about a lanyard, the first thing they picture is it holding some sort of ID card. This is often a popular choice for many different lanyards, but it is not the only option. Depending on the type of corporate event that you are hosting, you may want your lanyard to do something different and this can be a big part in making it stand out from other similar events.

Instead of holding cards and documents, why not give it a different type of attachment so that it could hold something like a flash drive, pen or even hand sanitiser. You could go for the novelty factor or choose something practical that your guests are likely to need during the event. Your attachments can include things like retractable reels, badge clips, trigger clips, key rings, or even whistles.

A sense of style

Your lanyards can be a great way to put across a sense of style and make your event stand out from a design perspective. You might want to customise your own lanyard, or you might want to buy some pre-printed ribbons that are reflective of the season whether it is Christmas, Halloween or the middle of the summer.

You can also tailor them according to the sector that you are working in, whether it is educationhealthcare or business. These are available from We Print Lanyards and can become a real talking point and can even become collectible items that many people want to keep for years to come as a memory of the event.

Sustainability

Sustainability is an important issue for many different events and whilst you might look at the waste you produce or the energy that you use, it is also important to think about the materials of your lanyards. All of the lanyards from We Print Lanyards are made on tough recycled PET fabric.

This means that they have been made from recycled plastic bottles to help ensure that no new materials need to be made. This can ensure that every part of your event is sustainable and fits in with any specific company ethos and values.

Be inclusive

Lanyards are incredibly inclusive as they are easy for just about anyone to use. As they slip over the head, there are very few concerns in terms of them being able to be used by anyone with disabilities.

However, when thinking about your branding, you should make sure that you take your font size and type into consideration to ensure that any text is easy to read. This branding is likely to be essential to your business, so you don't want it to be missed or seen as not being inclusive to everyone who attended the event.

Quality

Your lanyards will say a lot about you, so it is important to ensure that they are of the highest possible quality. All lanyards from We Print Lanyards are smooth yet durable to ensure they are capable of doing the job that they need to do on the day whilst also making it easy to create vibrant, clear designs that allow your imagination to run riot.

A good event will be talked out about for a long time to come, but a well-designed lanyard can turn a good event into a great one. It can be something practical and functional at the time, as well as becoming a collectible later on. It is a branding tool, an identification tool, and something handy and useful making it one of the most cost-effective features of any corporate event.

Corporate lanyards by We Print Lanyards

If you are looking for lanyards for your next corporate event, then look no further! We have a range of pre-designed business lanyards or you can create your own with our free online design tool. Require assistance? Please contact us today and our friendly team will be on hand to help you.