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4 Ways to Incorporate Pinterest’s 2024 Rising Trends into Your Next Event

Meeting Tomorrow

Extend Hotel Room Rates: As you are negotiating the discounted hotel room rate for your conference, see if you can extend the rate for a couple of nights beyond the conclusion of your event. One of our favorite examples comes from the MDRT Edge Conference that our team produced.

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Forever Remote: Event Central

SmartMeetings

That decrease in daily face-to-face interactions could result in increased demand for team and company gatherings that previously happened informally or in the conference room. 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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2019 Event Trends That Will Change the Path of Events

Endless Events

Despite the increasing number of events held yearly, many still feel like copycats of other successful conferences. Workshops are fast becoming the preferred activity for many conferences and meetings. Phoenix, Arizona. Fortunately, WiFi costs are negotiable. Furniture That’s Both Social And Empowering.

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PSAV acquires Encore – Event Tech Podcast Episode 2

Endless Events

They’re just in Arizona. We were just talking with a bunch of those guys up in Edmonton for the Go West Conference. You can negotiate these contracts. Brandt Krueger: All of that was negotiable. On hey this is how you negotiate AV, we’ve done Whiteboard Wednesdays on how to negotiate AV.

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How AV Unions Work – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

This is probably my number one asked question whenever I’m at conferences. Oh, New York City has more cities than a West Coast place like Arizona, for example. Hard to negotiate. Next thing is number six, and this one’s kind of like a vague tip, but these are very hard to negotiate. I have to negotiate.”

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Want to Rev Up Your Event Marketing? Leverage Influencers

Attendify

Brands can also negotiate up front with influencers to repurpose the influencer’s content on the brand’s social pages. TAMI NEALY: In 2019 Find Your Influence worked with Pizza Hut here in Scottsdale, Arizona, to promote a one-day event. Pizza Hut was promoting a new plant-based meat as well as a round-shaped, sustainable pizza box.

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3 Alternatives to Travel Ban Wars Planners Need to Know

SmartMeetings

The measures launched against states such as North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arizona have brought negative and positive publicity—and mixed results. Some of these ideas might come in handy when you are trying to negotiate a peaceful meeting. Donate to causes.

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