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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

Social Tables

While some planners look for all-inclusive venues with contracted vendors on site, others prefer to find particular vendors that match their event style and message. AV companies provide several forms of audio and visual equipment for private parties, corporate meetings, and other events. a musical festival).

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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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How to Explain AV Cost to Decision Makers

Meeting Tomorrow

Are you booking fantastic speakers? Meanwhile, an AV contract that includes only the bare-bones minimum means you’re spending time troubleshooting and managing miscellaneous details. Josh Linker, a professional speaker and author on innovation, has presented at hundreds of corporate meetings and events.

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How to Explain AV Cost to Decision Makers

Meeting Tomorrow

Are you booking fantastic speakers? Meanwhile, an AV contract that includes only the bare-bones minimum means you’re spending time troubleshooting and managing miscellaneous details. Josh Linker, a professional speaker and author on innovation, has presented at hundreds of corporate meetings and events.

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How to Explain AV Cost to Decision Makers

Meeting Tomorrow

Are you booking fantastic speakers? Meanwhile, an AV contract that includes only the bare-bones minimum means you’re spending time troubleshooting and managing miscellaneous details. Josh Linker, a professional speaker and author on innovation, has presented at hundreds of corporate meetings and events.

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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

Social Tables

It takes careful planning to pay deposits on time and keep track of contracts. Some examples of timeline anchors include: A corporate client’s request to have a formal check-in meeting about the event two weeks before. If you’re planning something relatively smaller, like a corporate meeting, you might not need six months.

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Planning for the Return of Modified In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

While the surge in virtual has provided a path for events and meetings to continue, it isn’t quite the same as connecting in person. Even though the pandemic is far from done, the industry is starting to shift the conversation from pivoting to virtual to preparing for the return of modified in-person events and meetings. “But

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