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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

“It should be really obvious that we aren’t just order takers,” she said, putting the enhanced role of the corporate meeting professional in perspective. “We We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Choices, Choices.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. Contracting space — Total exhibition space shrank 20 percent compared to the average exposition footprint in last year’s survey. MORE THAN A DECADE OF DATA.

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26 Reasons to be Excited About A2Z Events

ePly

Access online contracts. Share mission-critical data across applications or with clients and partners with proven, reliable integrations to AMS, CRM, registration systems, and meetings industry service providers for total visibility across key systems. Create event floorplans for booths and exhibitors. Manage booth staff registration.

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Best Venue Management Software of 2021: Reviews of the Top 4 Solutions

Planning Pod

So we thought we would offer an overview of the four best venue management software tools on the market as a good starting point for your research in determining which one best fits your needs. Rare is the venue management software platform that includes its own event layout tool.

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Canceling An Event: What You Legally Have To Do

Endless Events

“Force majeure is a legal term that’s been around for a long time and it’s in your contracts, but it’s separate from your contracts”, Josh explains. But they let planners and groups get out of meeting contracts or frankly, any kind of supplier contracts too if they meet certain criteria.

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Foolproof Guide to Managing Event Bookings and Avoiding Double Bookings

Planning Pod

Staff member places temporary “hold” on event date, awaiting prospect’s signature on proposal/contract. Prospect signs proposal/contract and provides deposit/down-payment to hold the event booking date. Note that this is not a booking but simply a hold that designates that a prospect is seriously considering the date.)

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Convene Investment Targets Small Meetings

SmartMeetings

The evolution of the meetings landscape continued today with the announcement that Convene, which targets the small-meetings market by offering full-service facilities in five major American cities, has made a strategic investment in Bizly, an end-to-end software solution for meetings management.