Connect Your Meetings
AUGUST 7, 2019
Michael is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and learning institutions, speaking on what’s now and what’s next in meetings and events. Michael was recently awarded the MPI RISE Award for Meetings Industry Leadership and was recognized for Lifetime Achievement by MPI Tennessee. Website: michaelowen.info eventgenuity.com.
Eventbase
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Here are four of our favorites: Select attractive destinations Negotiate extended conference hotel rates Offer companion or family passes for your event Use the event app to highlight bleisure information 1. For example, SXSW offers a ‘Guest Pass’ option for access to free events during the conference.
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Eventinterface
JULY 26, 2017
In your beaker, combine the elements: creativity, passion, experience and negotiation. Actually, add a bit more of negotiation for good measure - I mean who doesn’t love a good negotiator. Put on your lab coat and step into the Abstract Elements laboratory. I overcame this challenge by doing two very specific things.
SmartMeetings
JULY 11, 2017
Tennessee’s state Senate passed a resolution mocking California and calling for the state to pass a reciprocal ban. At Omni Louisville Hotel, General Manager Scott Stuckey said the property received calls from both conventions withdrawing from negotiations due to the California ban, but did not identify them. “We
PCMA Convene
JULY 3, 2017
It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. 17, the Tennessee Senate had passed legislation that would allow counselors and therapists to refuse to treat a patient if doing so would “conflict with a sincerely held religious belief.” THE GOOD FIGHT.
SmartMeetings
MAY 17, 2022
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.
PCMA Convene
JULY 31, 2016
Karen Malone, vice president of meetings and sales for the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), remembers the “aha” moment that led her to change the way she structured her work life: pursuing a telework arrangement so she could create her “dream lake house” in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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