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Your Event Goals Should Determine Your Venue Contract — Not The Other Way Around

Endless Events

Whether you opt for an in-person or hybrid event, you need the right venue to create a truly captivating experience. Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Why should you let your venue dictate what happens at your event?

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Should presenter contracts include a no brown M&Ms rider?

Conferences that Work

Van Halen ‘s 1982 World Tour performance contract contained a provision calling for them to be provided backstage with a bowl of M&Ms from which all the brown candies had been removed. ” — Brown Out , snopes.com. ” — Brown Out , snopes.com. ” I can’t post materials on the walls.

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25 Powerful Event Sales Techniques for Venues and Planners

Planning Pod

Here at Planning Pod, we build venue and event management software tools that help our customers close more business, so we want to do everything in our power to help them improve and grow. What are you looking for from a venue/planner? Who else are you working with to plan and execute the event? source: Spotio ).

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Building a Winning Corporate Events Program: 7 Critical Success Factors

Attendease

How does this event align with our overall corporate strategy and goals for the year? What are the 2-3 key messages we want to communicate through this event? Educational? How will we measure the success of this event both quantitatively and qualitatively? Designate team leads for registration, catering, production, etc.,

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Yet Another Job for Planners: Clearing the Air

MeetingsNet

Having a conversation with your venue about indoor air quality is a must. A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role.

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Nine conference mythodologies

Conferences that Work

Mythodology: We can contract a venue for our meeting before we design it. Designing your meeting and then choosing a venue that can showcase your design will improve your meeting experience (and can save you big bucks!) This is the meeting industry’s biggest dirty secret. It is one.

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When Is the Right Time to Host Your Event Live?

SmartMeetings

Depending on the limitations, you may want to consider hosting multiple international live satellite events or even a hybrid event. I recently completed the Pandemic Compliance Advisor for Meetings Professionals training course produced by Health Education Services. Finances and Contracting.

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