Eventsforce

JANUARY 14, 2021

But as we start 2021, it’s important that organisers step back, evaluate and prepare to ensure success in these unpredictable times. Sales, Persuasion and Negotiation . We are all persuading and negotiating with each other throughout our day to day activities. In 2021 more risk taking will definitely be required.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 25, 2021

Hotels have been a little more flexible about attrition during Covid when the alternative is canceling, but this is always open to negotiation. If your speakers work for institutions that have banned travel for 2021 due to either Covid-19 or budget restrictions, will force majeure apply?

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Event Industry News

APRIL 26, 2022

The RX France team behind MIP Cancun 2021, brought together over 500 busy VIPs for the event. Moreover, 10% of meetings lead to a ‘deal negotiation’ status. This is a huge benefit at large shows when there are often hundreds of speakers. Ultimately this leads to a better customer experience and reduced first time visitor churn.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum debuted in May 2021 to promote the distinction among Marriott CRN’s leading hotels and resorts, and each event is different. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already. Pick your battles.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 29, 2022

Since returning to face-to-face events in 2021, Suriani has needed to increase event budgets anywhere from 20-30 percent to make room for widespread price increases. Her AV provider rented equipment from the in-house company and negotiated pricing on their own. Use just a spotlight for your speakers. John Rissi. Annette Suriani.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 23, 2021

Here's how event professionals are approaching hybrid event budgeting in 2021. Because 66% of event organizers anticipate budget cuts for their Hybrid and virtual events in 2021, it’s all the more important you know how to work with what you’ve got. This way, you can negotiate on a per-contract basis for each spend and save overall.

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Event Industry News

JULY 19, 2021

After creating a wish list of speakers from our author pool, we decided to theme each of the six days of talks around a topic important to the autism community, such as mental health, gender diversity, and education. pic.twitter.com/zE5R60GiIQ — Kosjenka (@Kosjenka) March 26, 2021. Connected by Autism. Autism-Friendly Features.

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The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

And now with live events returning and many companies rescheduling events which had been postponed in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and planning for 2023, this timely interview focuses on providing tips on how to plan an incentive trip with confidence, and with safety protocols built into it. So we negotiated, in case we also have other challenges.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Operations managers negotiate prices, book vendors, place supply orders, and communicate vendor details between the planning team, venue, and benefiting organization. Revenue raised from peer-to-peer fundraising efforts grew 30% year-over-year from 2020 to 2021, according to PeerToPeer’s “Digital-First Peer-to-Peer Fundraising” study.

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Conference Care

JUNE 4, 2020

As we began talking to our client about negotiations on the finer details of the venue contract for their Annual Trainee Conference, we established there was no plan B should they decide not to go ahead with a live event. Postponing the event until 2021 was not an option so recreating the event in a virtual capacity was the perfect scenario.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

The way Adobe Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President of Employee Experience Gloria Chen explained the company’s plans in a 2021 blog post, “We’ll gather for the moments that matter. Hotel budget is a deciding factor as is the ability to negotiate down F&B minimums so the team can go off-site for a change of scenery.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As cases continue to rise and states reverse re-opening and go back into lockdown (as France and Germany have recently done country-wide), we have had to accept the fact that “business as usual” will not return until (hopefully) some point in 2021. See our November cover story : Virtually Engaged: Ban Boring Events from Your Agenda.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

WIRED writer Lauren Goode had a less than stellar experience at CES 2021, writing, “‘Walking’ the virtual show floor at Pepcom — a product demo event for the media that occurs alongside CES — involved clicking on a quilt of logos one by one, a far cry from the usual booth- browsing and buffet-grazing that happens at the in-person event.”

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Eventtia

JANUARY 11, 2022

It’s no secret that hybrid event has made it big throughout 2021, and is here to stay in 2022 and forward. For a successful hybrid event, you’ll need to pay attention to at least these tech aspects: lighting, A/V equipment (speakers, video cameras, microphones, mixer, etc.), Check and recheck technology equipment. And others.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2021

Yes, today, we’ll be explaining exactly why virtual event rehearsals should be a non-negotiable. Where speakers had years and years of experience of in-person engagements, they’re barely scratching the surface of virtual. The hot new trend in 2021 is accountability. So here we are! Rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Pre-recorded sessions allow for the speaker to join the right-side toolbar to answer questions asked in the Q&A panel with video participation in real-time. Hopin offers powerful solutions. Albert’s Aha!

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2020

Her students are then required to analyze what an event’s virtual expo hall looks like, for example, how demonstrations at virtual booths are performed, how breakout sessions are handled, how speakers adapt content for a digital platform, and more. Digital staging for speakers and emcees: Was there a theme? Are they live vs. recorded?

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Negotiating, preparing the proposal and closing the deal build adrenaline and propel the company forward. Stemming from the pandemic, there are now new ways to take SKOs to a whole new level, which were presented at the initial SUBMERGE event by Hubilo on 20 October 2021. These and other skills need regular training and reinforcement.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 15, 2024

Meta built a database of over a billion user face scans before deleting it in 2021. 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. Using facial recognition has obvious privacy concerns. Over a dozen U.S. ” Really?

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Endless Events

MARCH 16, 2023

Mathews (2021) Diversity and Inclusion in Events: Paving the way for a Better Tomorrow (2020) Dustin believes normalcy returned so quickly people didn’t have enough time to slowly implement their lofty dreams of a better tomorrow. We got used to the accessibility of asking speakers, thought leaders, and experts questions.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

Hear some of the most influential voices around the world share their stories about leadership, while also making connections that will carry you through 2021 and beyond. Be inspired and learn from 85+ disruptive speakers from the world’s leading organizations. Find the complete list of host cities here.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 24, 2019

When you get down to it, event marketing educates your potential attendees about the scope and theme of your event; provides the particulars about the event (reasons to attend, location, date/time, speakers/entertainment, etc.); Values, mission, content focus, featured speakers/entertainment, etc. Speaker and entertainment selections.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 24, 2019

When you get down to it, event marketing educates your potential attendees about the scope and theme of your event; provides the particulars about the event (reasons to attend, location, date/time, speakers/entertainment, etc.); Values, mission, content focus, featured speakers/entertainment, etc. Speaker and entertainment selections.

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