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Emerging Association Meeting Strategies

Smart Meetings

To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience. ASAE has also used text polling. “I

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[Webinar] Negotiating International Meeting Contracts: Are You Prepared?

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When it comes to planning successful meetings and events abroad, preparation is critical, requiring research, patience, and practice. There are unfamiliar challenges when negotiating and contracting with foreign hotels, convention centers, and other vendors; different cultures to understand; and potential risks to be explored.

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9 Ways Your Negotiation Personality Can Undermine Your Success

MeetingsNet

Most people's negotiating style falls into one of these nine categories. Find out what you—and your counterpart—may be doing that could help, and hinder, your ability to come to a successful conclusion. read more.

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The Power of Purpose is Fueled by Collaboration

Smart Meetings

New to the partnership is ICCA’s The Future of Association Meetings and Societal Transformation , an event which will address the role of associations in societal transformation. The group will meet April 9 at ASAE’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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In-Person Events: Good News and Bad News

MeetingsNet

Two bodies of research highlight planners’ challenges and potential attendees’ preferences when it comes to meetings. In a late June webinar that drew more than 700 corporate and association meeting planners, 64 percent of attendees responded that they expect their organizations to return to holding in-person events by January 2021.

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Budgets Versus Costs: A Losing Battle?

MeetingsNet

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Even meeting space—a line item that was ripe for negotiation before the pandemic—is far tougher to get at favorable cost.

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Four Ways That Corporate Meeting Planners Can Trim Budgets

Master the Event

Corporate meeting planners are always looking for creative ways that they can trim their meetings budget without losing too much of the overall program. Today, corporate meeting planners have a tough job. Of course for many corporations and associations meetings are a vital part of their operation.