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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

SmartMeetings

An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations.

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The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Two In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. And many that do will be on a part-time or contract basis as companies will seek to be more financially nimble. To really make the meeting hosts your clients, say to them, “Our fee to manage the site selection process is X.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

CMP International Standards, for example, are updated every five years to cover the latest in strategic planning, project management, risk management, financial management, human resources, stakeholder management, meeting/event design, site management and marketing. Some topics are evergreen—negotiation, experience design, trends.

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The Ultimate Guide on How to Start Your Event Planning Business

Capterra Event Management

Site Selection. Financial plan. If you are able to negotiate beneficial contracts with your vendors, you will minimize your need to store resources. Topics: Event Life Cycle. Event Types. Event Proposals. Event Design Process. Layouts and Schematics. Floral Decor. Design Elements. Color Schemes. Event Elements Assessment.

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The Cost of Conscience

PCMA Convene

Yep had explained the financial hit ACA likely would take in cancellation penalties and other costs, but the council knew that the organization could fall back on a healthy reserve fund. ACA had booked Nashville for 2017 five years in advance, after an exhaustive site-selection process. And really, that didn’t matter.

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Point of View

PCMA Convene

A 30-percent drop in revenue will be devastating to the thousands of independent planners who serve association and corporate clients in the site-selection and event-planning process. On one side, site-selection companies allow hotels to run leaner. A Closer Look at the Hotel Commission Model. history.