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2018 40 Under 40: Jim Clapes

Connect Your Meetings

As a one man show at DPA, I am involved in all aspects of the planning process, including site selection, vendor acquisition and management, contract negotiation, budget development/reconciliation as well as social media outreach and management. and marry my interest in event coordination with the non-profit sector.

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Heather Seasholtz’s Unconventional Path to Personal, Professional Fulfillment

PCMA Convene

From helping clients rethink their approaches to sponsorship at Talley Management Group (TMG) to serving on the Board of the Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society, Heather Seasholtz, CMP, director of meetings and events at TMG, is a true difference-maker for the meetings industry. Sponsorship is also fun to watch.

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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

Better contract negotiations. We are moving to a larger venue for 2017. We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • We have also increased the cost of our sponsorships and added new a la carte options. • • Added a day as well as additional workshops; expanded available exhibit space.

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An Ode to 40 Women Influencers In the Events Industry

Hubilo Blog

Mariska Kesteloo : Mariska Kesteloo is a founder of the Word of MICE which she established in the year of 2017. Previously named as a panel speaker at Event Tech Live 2016 and a judge for Event Technology Awards 2017, Roisin is currently the Director of Global Technology Implementation & Management at CWT Meetings and Events.

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Try New Event Ideas For 2018: Create a Roadshow, Book Underrated Venues, Create a Unique Event Experience

Endless Events

You can also go to the Event App Bible 2017: Reboot if you want to start building event apps this year. Learn from the Best Music Festival Activations of 2017. If you want to go around the world, there’s the free report about the 25 Best Event Venues and Destinations in 2018, which takes you from Anaheim to Singapore.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him? Where to find him?

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Event Sponsorship 101

Nuila Events LLC

This will give you time to make everything right… especially when you need to take care of sponsorship! Most sponsorship dollars come from marketing budgets, NOT “charitable donations” - which means that you want your prospective sponsors to build in dollars for your event as a marketing expense. All of these things take a lot of time.