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Finding A Good Conference Planning Guide

Master the Event

Today there always seems to be someone stating that they have they latest and greatest conference planning guide to help you do your meeting planning job. Of course, many of the larger conferences have planners that know their way around a convention center – or at least they had better know their way around. Are they free?

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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The Next Big Thing in Conference and Corporate Event Technology

Coterie Spark

What if bringing the next big thing in conference and corporate meeting technology to your event wouldn’t add to your budget? No need to find a vendor or even sign a contract. The next change on the horizon for conference and meeting technology, isn’t actually technological at all.

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The Event Planner’s Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process 2023

Stova

Allegedly covering WiFi and access to health clubs they can often be negotiated out of the contract, particularly if they are being picked up elsewhere by the event budget. And herein is another crucial arrow in the quiver of the contemporary meeting and event planner – you have to have the gimlet eye of an attorney!

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“Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships will increase in 2021”

Event Industry News

Many corporate meetings programmes will be re-tendered early next year to include virtual as a key component, says Taylor. She explains: “Automation will continue to influence the industry, whether that be as simple as an electronic contract or as advanced as a robot butler – this trend is here to stay.”.

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*?#! AV People Say – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

So, while it might be your annual conference and you’re willing to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, a lot of times those planners then get to take a week off afterward. The human body was not meant to work 16, 17, 18 hours a day every day, that’s why we have overtime laws in a lot of the worlds, right?

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The QC Event School Master List of Blog Resources

QC Event School

What Businesses Look for in a Corporate Event Planner Internal Events 101 External Events 101 Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins of Event Management Event Decorating Resources: Attention, students and grads of QC Event School’s Event Decor Course !