Too many do this "because that's the way we've always done it". Unacceptable! There a myriad ways to stage an event and achieve success so we all need to step back and see the forest for the trees. Today's "Daily" is a suggestion as to how organizers can retain much more money raised for their charity and how all events, that have a densely packed program, can still keep their total running time to under 4 hours from reception to teardown.