Connect Your Meetings

MARCH 21, 2018

Many times, a convention’s catering expenses can be more than half of the master account, and planners frequently do not attempt to negotiate what can be a huge expense. You’ll learn how to negotiate catering pricing, service charges and fees to deliver immediate savings to your company or organization.

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Food and Beverage Negotiating Hotels Meeting Planning 53

Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2022

It’s easy to get excited about sourcing speakers, finding sponsors, and booking your venue, but you can’t overlook an often-forgotten component of event planning: event branding. . Your logo is non-negotiable. If you’re in Florida, maybe you plan a “Fun In The Sun Soiree.” Put Your Logo Everywhere.

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Social Media Event Planning Negotiating Events 77

SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

Although these contingencies can make negotiations a little more tricky, risk-averse planners may find that they are worth spending a little more time discussing. Backup plan – In some cases, presenters are flying in from far-flung destinations, meaning flight delays could leave you without a keynote speaker.

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Negotiating Transportation Travel Speakers 53

Hubilo Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Negotiate contracts with various vendors, hotels, caterers, and speakers. The right speakers can bring life to an event. It could be a motivational speaker or a subject matter expert. Get a video recording of speakers’ previous presentations and make sure they are apt for the event and good at content delivery.

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Event Planning Corporate Events Contracts Social Media 52

SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

San Francisco Bay Area (particularly Napa, Santa Cruz and Lake Tahoe); Riviera Maya, Mexico; Austin Texas; Miami, Florida; San Diego and Palm Springs, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Nashville, Tennessee and Park City, Utah are popular spots. Expectations have evolved for team building as well.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

You may have amazing speakers, an impressive event agenda and a strong event brand , but there’s another element that you can’t forget when putting together ideas for your next corporate event. For instance, if you’re hosting an event in Florida, then Disney's Animal Kingdom is a great possible location to get in touch with nature.

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Entertainment Corporate Events Events Social Media 85

Eventory

JULY 25, 2018

You will have an opportunity to gather valuable information from the speakers and other attendees who will share their experience. Where: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. You can become a partner of the event and show your innovative products or services or get involved and attend as a speaker. Management. January 2019.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Do our speakers and influencers reflect our brand well? Orlando, Florida. Fortunately, WiFi costs are negotiable. Buffer is already doing this, making sure their funded events have visible women and people of color among its speakers. Authenticity involves making the right decisions every step of the way. Columbus, Ohio.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 15, 2024

As I write this, the European Parliament is close to outlawing facial recognition in public spaces, though negotiations on the final wording are still underway. You’re almost certainly in it.) Privacy protections in other U.S. states I don’t know the U.S. ” Really?

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Bizzabo

MARCH 6, 2020

Speakers at the conference included Hilary Duff, Busy Philipps, and Leann Rimes. Hang out and take notes from our incredible speaker line-up who'll be joining us in conversation?? It also has a great slate of speakers lined up that includes Michelle Pfeiffer and Brooklyn Decker. Watermark Conference for Women.

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2020 Conference Tech Speakers 101

EveryEventGuide

MARCH 1, 2018

Guest Speakers: Inspiration, compelling story, true life miracles, business planning…the desired outcome of the event likely will dictate what type of guest speaker to hire. Corporate Event Planners understand how to Negotiate: Consider all the vendors you may need to hire and negotiating all the contracts or agreements.

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Corporate Events Negotiating Transportation Airlines 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

We wanted PCMA to expand and to be more proactive in the convention industry,” said Nichols, speaking from her home in Florida, where she is retired. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” Flexibility and a pleasant attitude surely can’t hurt.”. — “Negotiating With a Hotel,” May/June 1991.

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