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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? Management.

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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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AV Contracts Explained

Canadian Special Events

As an event planner, you need to sign a lot of contracts and let’s face it, some of them can be confusing, particularly the AV contracts. Luckily, Jon Trask breaks it down what you need to know to get through a long and complex AV contract. . The first part of the event AV agreement is the quote. Nough Said.

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Five ways explicit communication improves meetings

Conferences that Work

Here are five examples of how explicit communication improves meetings. For example, session rooms are often vacant at times. Examples include sessions that are primarily product or service pitches and socials where attendees have little opportunity to talk alone with each other. Think creatively about how to do this.

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When Is the Right Time to Host Your Event Live?

SmartMeetings

For example, do you have the resources (labor and financial) to ensure the safety of your guests? A great resource to refer to is the Meeting and Event Design Accepted Practices Guide created by the APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Task Force. Finances and Contracting.

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33 Questions to Ask When Planning for the Return of In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

As some organizations consider planning and holding in-person events and gatherings, and other communities are in the early stages of moving ahead, there are many new questions to consider. Developed in partnership with MPI, the course provides new ways to prepare event strategy, design, execution, and evaluation. Share below.

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12 Event Trends and Shifts for 2021

Attendease

Next is the Social Contract, the new Code of Conduct with the event where we agree to maintain safe distancing, wear masks and to not participate if we are feeling unwell. It requires the strength of the platform with the marvelous work of the event designer to deliver on its promises now and in the future.

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