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5 Steps to Perfect International Event Planning

Social Tables

International event planning outside your home country is highly likely to take you outside of your comfort zone. Lewis, my favorite are his national communication pattern diagrams which can be found on 23 fascinating diagrams reveal how to negotiate with people around the world. Especially when it’s your first time.

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GMID’s Canadian origins: Getting to know Kathy Fortier

MPI

This followed local and regional events hosted by Canadian MPI chapters and conversations about elevating the celebration to a national level by the MPI Canadian Council—eventually leading to the first GMID in 2016. This experience has allowed me to be well versed in all areas of planning from both sides.

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Event Planner Salaries: How Much Should You Be Making?

Capterra Event Management

If you do not negotiate your salary to reflect your worth, you’ll likely end up under—and not over—paid. They found that executives who negotiated their salaries right out of college were able to make roughly $500,000 more over the course of their lives. The lesson also applies to event planners. Event planner salaries.

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Job Hunting During COVID: What Meeting Professionals Need to Know

SmartMeetings

Then why not something that lets you show off the skills meeting professionals are revered for, such as organization, creativity, problem-solving, attention to detail and contract negotiation? These skills are perfectly transferable to other roles in areas like logistics planning and many managerial jobs. Network and Stay Connected.

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10 innovative ways to squeeze more from your event budget

Planning Pod

Search the Internet for the phrase “event planning challenges” and you will find countless surveys and lists (like here and here ) that name reduced event budgets or budget cuts as one of the top challenges facing event professionals every year. Negotiate contracts with ferocity.

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The 15 Best Podcasts For Event Planners

Bizzabo

Though it may seem like social media has dominated interactions between event professionals and event marketers, event influencers are tuning into podcasts as an alternative means for sharing event planning tips, tricks, and best practices. The Best Event Planning Podcasts. Event Tech Podcast.

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Nuila Events: Your Complete Event Resource!

Nuila Events LLC

Well, here we are, careening through early 2016 and so many of you have fresh new budgets for the year, our phones have stayed busy answering questions about how we can help you handle just about any event you can think of. Funny thing, Nuila Events, LLC really does do it all! bucketofhopemsia.com. Hello friends!