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6 Steps to Evaluate and Choose the Right Event Planning Tools

Attendease

Companies with the best event planning tools support their offerings with scheduled kick-off and training sessions to help ensure you’re going to be successful with and love using their tool. Finally, it’s vital to inquire about any hidden training or onboarding fees that are not explicitly mentioned in the pricing structure.

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Building a Winning Corporate Events Program: 7 Critical Success Factors

Attendease

Make sure you have signed contracts in place at least three months out. Effective event marketing & management means creating compelling content that highlights the tangible value of attending, like thought leadership keynotes, can’t-miss training sessions, pitch competitions, and top-notch networking opportunities.

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Paje Consultancy launch Learning and Development partnership with beam

Prestige Events Magazine

Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies. Mandy has been a keen beam supporter and was on the events and training committees for over 12 years, involved in the first Code of Conduct and was herself the HBAA Venue Chair in 2007.

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The skills needed to be an event manager in 2020 and beyond!

Gallus Events

We must still understand contracts. Artificial Intelligence will be able to read and amend a contract. It will be able to write and schedule 100s of social media posts about your event. It will be able to write and schedule 100s of social media posts about your event. A new horizon for event managers.

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Will Meetings Thrive in 2024?

Smart Meetings

A Renewed Group Focus “Just hold the contracted meetings that are on the books and minimize the cancellations that have occurred in prior years due to the pandemic, economic uncertainty and a general reluctance to hold in-person meetings,” said Dan Piotrowski, senior vice president of operations for Omni Hotels.

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How To Start an Event Decorating Business

QC Event School

PRO TIP: Not yet a trained and certified event decorator? Additionally, we plan to utilize social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter to reach our target market.” Step #11: Get on Social Media. We recommend choosing the social networks that are most relevant to your target market.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

Create a mailing list to keep in touch with registered attendees and invite ticket holders to follow social media accounts related to the event. Training event staff to maximize efficiency. Do not let a popular keynote speaker or social media contest prevent you from promoting the core values of the event or brand.