When you decide that you want to invite friends over to your home for the first time for an elegant dinner party, you may think that all you need to do is serve a delicious meal and make sure the clutter and mess in your house is cleaned up. However, if you want your dinner party to truly be elegant and memorable, there are a few more factors you need to consider.

As you begin to plan your upcoming corporate event, you'll discover that lighting is a critical tool for setting the tone of the event. Lighting also affects the behavior and attention of the people attending the event. This is because lighting comes in a range of colors, and each color can prompt a different emotional and cognitive response in the people present, while the brightness and directional quality of the lighting in the room can be used to affect the attention of the people present.