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Navigating Rising Costs at Your Events

PCMA Convene

It has topped of the list of challenges identified by planners in Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey for years, including in the 2017 and 2020 surveys, conducted in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and in our most recent survey (to be published in a special Convene November Forecast issue).

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How to Plan a High-Impact Event on a Low Budget

SmartMeetings

Businesses in a 2019 survey cited increasing costs and lower budgets as the top two challenges they face as they plan events. Ask the event sales staff for a booking date during a time where they need extra revenue and they may be willing to negotiate a deal. Review the Contract. Consider Breakfast. Author Azure Collier.

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Event Planning Checklist for Small, Medium, and Large Events [2019 Update]

EventBank Insights

Make sure it's all legal Drafting a contract for a short, temporary event is important to cover your bases should anything go wrong and you're not held liable for a third part (speaker's) actions or comments at the event. ? Send Post-Event Surveys (email is ? Select an ideal venue and negotiate details ? and update budget ?

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How GDPR is Changing Events and 6 Other Tech Stories Planners Should Read

Eventsforce

But Servicerobots.com has come up with something even better for event planners with a new robot which provides both photo and survey capabilities. Also, the robot’s surveying capability makes it a valuable tool in data collection for event organisers. Then, potential buyers can contact the reseller and negotiate for the contract.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

MeetingsNet

Take these incentives as a sign that you now have the upper hand in negotiations, a rare reprieve in today’s climate where suppliers typically hold all the leverage. . And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. . So, start searching now for your 2019/2020 events. The best rates, dates, and space in 2018 have already been booked.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle.

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MeetingsNet Best Stories: The Most Read Articles Of 2019

Endless Events

On a more exciting note, today we’re covering MeetingsNet best stories of 2019. Planners Salary Survey 2019” And then the last one is “Study Finds One in Four Tech-Conference Speakers are Women” Hurricane Dorian Affects the Bahamas Unevenly. Because where else would you get the best ideas and insights?

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