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Five Qualities of an Exceptional Event Project Manager

Velvet Chainsaw

They Are Organized and Consultative: Strong project managers understand the importance of organization and documentation. There should be no surprises, and you shouldn’t have to chase down answers! After each check-in call, they recap the discussion and next steps.

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Sustainability, what does it mean for your conferences and events?

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On this episode of Event TALK, we are speaking with Julia Spangler a Sustainable Events Consultant with 6 years of corporate event experience. Julia has combined a love of events with a passion for the environment, and in 2015 began to offer sustainability consulting services to the events industry. CONNECT WITH JULIA SPANGLER.

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Better Because You Were There

Velvet Chainsaw

A number of our consulting clients have made social responsibility a cornerstone of their conference strategy — with the desire “to leave the host city better because we were there.” When you adopt a strategic objective like that for your conference, it leaves room for creativity in achieving that desired outcome.

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Sustainability, what does it mean for your conferences and events?

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On this episode of Event TALK, we are speaking with Julia Spangler a Sustainable Events Consultant with 6 years of corporate event experience. Julia has combined a love of events with a passion for the environment, and in 2015 began to offer sustainability consulting services to the events industry. CONNECT WITH JULIA SPANGLER.

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Sustainability, what does it mean for your conferences and events?

Eventinterface

On this episode of Event TALK, we are speaking with Julia Spangler a Sustainable Events Consultant with 6 years of corporate event experience. Julia has combined a love of events with a passion for the environment, and in 2015 began to offer sustainability consulting services to the events industry. CONNECT WITH JULIA SPANGLER.

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Burn Conference Traditions Immune From Criticism

Velvet Chainsaw

One of the sacred cows for associations and their annual conference is attributing notoriety to the office of the president, board chair or annual conference committee chair. But as a consultant, I can call ‘em as I see ‘em. During some consulting gigs we hear references to “Dr.

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Six Attributes of Successful Women’s Conferences

Velvet Chainsaw

While things have changed, these tenets will hold true and the principles can be applied to other D&I conferences and events. After studying and consulting on several successful association women’s conferences, I can confidently say – they need to be very different than other conferences in your portfolio.