SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

This storm will disrupt millions of lives, including meeting planners’. Corporate meeting planners generally choose their destination and book the venue a year or more in advance, making it hard to plan around monumental weather events, natural disasters or other citywide emergencies.

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Negotiating Transportation Travel Speakers 44

Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

Anchors are non-negotiable deadlines that are often determined by key stakeholders and partners. Some examples of timeline anchors include: A corporate client’s request to have a formal check-in meeting about the event two weeks before. Establish anchors. They’re events that can’t be moved. They’re not flexible.

Event Planning 138

Event Planning Food and Beverage Events Venues 138

QC Event School

APRIL 6, 2023

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 !

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Corporate Events Social Media Consulting Event Planning 52

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

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. They don’t have to run off to another part of the venue, down the street to the sandwich shop or something like that.

Contracts 105

Contracts Corporate Meetings Negotiating Venues 105

Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether planning private celebrations, non-profit fundraisers, or corporate conferences, the goal of the event planner is to visualize their client’s idea and then bring that vision to life. Planners work with vendors, suppliers, and venues to coordinate meal service, event staffing, negotiate pricing, and so much more.

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Negotiating Event Planning Education Venues 145

PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

I know where my negotiation points are, and where I can bring expenses down to create more value for the company.’”. For meeting professionals who work hard at building relationships and excel at negotiation, requiring sign-off from a procurement team — or even having procurement run the RFP process — can be a hard pill to swallow.

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Negotiating Contracts Fashion Food and Beverage 66

Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2019

Often venues will give you discounts and pressure you to use In-House AV but realize this is completely negotiable and you do not need to. Look into hiring outside the venue, a 3rd party AV company is at your event for you, and only you. You should actually hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract.

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Negotiating Venues Contracts Events 107