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How to Pick a Venue for Your Upcoming Conference

Coterie Spark

There are many variables to consider when selecting a venue for your upcoming conference. A city and its culture, like everything else at the conference, should match your goals and the event’s personality. Ask yourself what would incentivize your guests to travel a long way to attend your conference.

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Are You Vetting Your Speakers for Inappropriate Actions?

SmartMeetings

One of the oldest tricks in the event professional’s bag is booking a big-name speaker to get people in the seats. A little star power can be a powerful motivator for selling tickets or convincing people to stay until the last day of a conference. As a result, she contacted the manager to pull a contract that had been sent.

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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

Smart Meetings

Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already.

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The 10-Step Guide to Nonprofit Event Planning

Social Tables

Include hidden event costs like guest count attrition, conference calls, credit card fees, and venue amenity expenses. They research services, collect event quotes, and execute event contracts. Book a venue for the press conference and serve refreshments.

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When the Second Time Around Isn’t a Charm

PCMA Convene

Jack Molisani has produced an annual event for senior-level content managers, LavaCon Content Strategy Conference, in cities throughout the United States for the past 15 years. Some time ago, his European-based exhibitors began telling Molisani that there was demand for the conference in their backyard. It was a flop. Jack Molisani.

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Recession-Proofing Your Job: Do You Know Your VORP?

Event Leadership Institute

This looming economic threat is the impetus for a webinar I gave recently for FICP (Financial & Insurance Conference Planners) titled Recession-Proofing Your Job: Strategies for Improving Your Value. Are you viewed as a commodity or a business partner?

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Making Lemonde: Turning Negatives into Positives in a Post-COVID Incentive World

SmartMeetings

One of these calming voices has 30 years of experience planning incentive trips all over the world for the likes of Barclays Bank. Adding motivational speakers, cooking classes and experiences will create more excitement and engagement. Wherever you stay, Breust suggests taking a long, hard look at the contract before signing. “We

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