Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. There is a powerful connection between play and productivity.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Define clear goals and objectives To successfully execute an event, you first need to know what you’re aiming at. That’s why the first step to running a winning event is clearly defining its purpose and objectives. This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event.

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Canadian Special Events

DECEMBER 26, 2018

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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Event Industry News

MAY 7, 2020

PlanetIMEX launches today with an invitation to everyone in the global meetings, events and incentive travel industry to register free of charge for EduMonday Live on 11 May. . Human psychology, Nature, collaboration, contract negotiations and more. EduMonday Live kicks off at 10am UK time.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 10, 2023

First, exactly what does an event planner get paid to do? Event planners are responsible for creating and executing events that meet the goals and vision of their clients. This involves working closely with the client to determine their needs, preferences, and budget, and then designing a plan to meet those requirements.

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Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 25, 2024

People Skills: Events are for people, about people, and made by people. An event planner must be adept at understanding client visions, negotiating with vendors, managing staff, and engaging with guests. Effective communication, empathy, and leadership are all part of the people skills that make an event planner successful.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Meeting professionals, on the other hand, may have groaned about yet another bandwidth-hungry device soon to be in the hands of attendees — making for even trickier wireless service at event venues, especially hotels, where pricing and service speeds can be all over the map.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It covers every aspect of event planning , from building landing pages and creating event agendas to streamlining networking and gathering post-event feedback. Event management software often integrates with other tools, providing analytics, facilitating communication, and enabling more intricate event designs.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2018

Each year, along with the numbers we collect for the annual Meetings Market Survey , we ask respondents open-ended questions, including this one: What’s the biggest challenge facing the meetings industry?”. A lot of associations rely on events as an income stream and their viability is affected by the increase of events in the market.

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Endless Events

APRIL 27, 2023

In-kind sponsorships are relationships where a business sponsors an event by providing free goods or services rather than a financial contribution. So can in-kind sponsorships for events help you meet your event goals? By the time they came to me, the contract was signed, and I was just fulfilling it.”

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Socio Events

JULY 27, 2021

Here are some key questions to ask as you build the health and safety aspect of your hybrid event budget: If your venue requires masks inside, who will be responsible for ensuring that everyone is wearing one where appropriate? Does your contract with the venue include a health concierge, or will you need to hire a third party?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

” Both Owen and Gary Rorman, creative director of PSAV Creative Services — also in the video — have spent decades honing how to choose and negotiate with musicians for meetings and events. And while business-event strategists can manage booking themselves, an event producer can help smooth the process.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 18, 2019

Where are your evacuation meeting locations? Here are just a few to get you started: Meeting Professional International (MPI) Essential Guide to Safety and Security. Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) Event Disruption Study. A few important questions to consider: Do they have a crisis/emergency plan in place?

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

In addition to data about quantifiable things like the size, frequency, costs, and types of meetings, our Annual Meetings Market Survey also captures a wealth of data in the form of comments in response to a series of open-ended questions. Last week we published comments about the meeting industry’s biggest challenges.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

And many of them use our fully compliant life science event platform and mobile event app to help pharma companies manage engaging HCP events. That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. They can often negotiate better deals and availability.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 17, 2018

Once the objectives are known, elements can be incorporated into the event that steer guests toward a desired action. For an event to be successful, you have to know your audience and clearly understand what expectations they have of the event. Determine what you want them to feel, think, and do both during and after the event.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Meeting professionals, on the other hand, may have groaned about yet another bandwidth-hungry device soon to be in the hands of attendees — making for even trickier wireless service at event venues, especially hotels, where pricing and service speeds can be all over the map.

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Planning Pod

JULY 27, 2022

To that end, we have assembled a list of 25 (+2) proven event sales techniques and strategies from seasoned pros that you can implement quickly to boost your lead generation, qualifying and close rates. And, yes, these can definitely help in this post-pandemic sales world of Zoom meetings and electronic communications.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 2, 2021

Click through the list right here: CMP: Certified Meetings Professional. CSEP: Certified Special Events Professional. CPCE: Certified Professional in Catering and Events. CGMP: Certified Government Meeting Professional. DES: Digital Event Strategist. CMM: Certification in Meeting Management.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Jenkins and his firm are the recipients of the prestigious Gala Awards by Special Events Magazine for Best Event Produced for a Corporation - Budget $100,000 to $249,000 and Best Event Design - Budget $20,000. Jenkins recently served as Chair, and produced the 2017 Special Event (TSE) Opening Night Party.

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Capterra Event Management

APRIL 25, 2017

Social Event Planning. Corporate Event Planning. Event Marketing and Social Media. QC Event School. Special Events Institute: Event Planning Certification. Topics: Event Life Cycle. Event Types. Event Proposals. Event Design Process. Design Elements. Tented Events.

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Event Guru

MAY 5, 2023

As a result, event planners must ensure that the event atmosphere and layout facilitate interaction and collaboration among attendees. This may involve designing innovative communication tools, incorporating audience engagement techniques, and providing comfortable spaces for networking and meetings.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

in meeting and event management. Most meeting professionals are familiar with Certified Meeting Planner certification, which was launched in 1985 by Washington, D.C.-based based Events Industry Council (EIC). Peters, senior global event strategist for Maritz Global Events, earned her certification in 2005.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

That was the — tongue-in-cheek, we hope — response from one participant in Convene’ s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey to the question, “What is your No. Client politics, controlling costs for space and services, and contract negotiations were top of mind for some respondents, as was finding diverse speakers. Contracting. (3

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

What makes one meeting professional happy may not be another’s cup of tea. Which is pretty good news: There are a different ways to find fulfillment in the business-events industry. . Building relationships with sponsors to help them meet their objectives. Collaborating with vendors to produce a fantastic event.

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EventSource

MARCH 11, 2021

As we head into 2021 with the intention of moving forward with our wedding celebration, Danielle has been proactively updating us with COVID-19 related information and discussing various options of downsizing our wedding to meet provincial guidelines while still being able to execute our wedding vision.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Travel Association , about what that could mean for the meetings and travel industry. . A unique and natural understanding of the importance of face-to-face meetings and the connections that are made in person, and how special and critical those are to conducting business. International Meetings. In what way? While the U.S.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. “I You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

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