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How to select the right speaker

Eventinterface

A best-selling author and standing-ovation speaker on sales, marketing and negotiation, his work has earned international acclaim. In 2001 he was named "Speaker of the Year" by Meetings Professions International (MPI), San Diego.

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10 Famous Event Planners You Should Follow

Event Planning BluePrint

Not only can it help you learn the lingo to help you sell your services, but it can give you insight into how the pros handle things, like negotiations to help save their clients money. You don’t have to think of it as a formal, tough, adversarial negotiation,” she said. Vendor Recommendation, Negotiation, and Coordination.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE

It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. I decided to set up an event management agency in 2001, and I was the owner for 16 years. And then, the dot-com crisis came, and my company unfortunately disappeared. This was a big decision that I needed to make in one hour.

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‘The Conversation is the Relationship’

PCMA Convene

the leadership development and training company Scott founded in 2001, offer the principles, skills, and tools “needed to engage in conversations that produce mind-blowing, world-class results in the workplace [and]… at home,” according to the book’s introduction. The book, and Fierce Inc., Three Fierce big ideas.

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When and How Will the Events Industry Get Out of This? 3 Phases to Watch For

Event Leadership Institute

Meanwhile, many venues who’ve been financially gutted these past months will still need to lock in guaranteed revenue to reserve dates and room blocks, resulting in a protracted contract negotiation process over cancellation and force majeure clauses. Virtual events have no such concerns and offer clients a far more risk-free option.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

From stories about fax machines to photos of 3D projection mapping, from advice about negotiating piles of paperwork to a roundtable discussion among female CEOs, we’ve gone from serving an industry in its infancy to one that has come of age. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” Beyond Belief’.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. Rumelhart prize (2001), the IJCAI award for research excellence (2005), the Killam prize for Engineering (2012), The IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Gold medal (2016) and the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017). He was awarded the first David E.

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