Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

As a 2018 40 Under 40 honoree, Clapes discusses his passion for the events industry. 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.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Commission cuts that made headlines in 2018 are having impacts on the bottom lines of meeting budgets based on trends in this report. Negotiating Room. Site selection often requires some give and take on both sides of the negotiating table. Only 38 percent said they’d be willing to negotiate that.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The Events Industry Council 2018 Pacesetter Award winner shared some important lessons about future-proofing your job. Some topics are evergreen—negotiation, experience design, trends. Smart Meetings quizzed MPI Head of Meeting Innovation Jessie States, CMM, about the skills required for an “event-full” career for years to come.

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