Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Phoenix-based hotel attorney Lisa Devlin sat down for some rapid-fire questions about what is and isn’t working today and offered her prescription for a win-win solution to trading contract clauses. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

When the creative brief from your initial event strategy session calls for brand and reputational impact, how do you measure if you are successful? Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Event planners don’t always have time to go to a class or read a book. Contract and Negotiation Tips.

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Connect Your Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Register now for “Common Contract Mistakes” Sometimes little errors can cause big problems. Learning Objectives: Learn common contracting mistakes that are most likely to lead to disputes. Learning Objectives: Learn common contracting mistakes that are most likely to lead to disputes.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 25, 2024

In a story in Convene ’s January/February 2024 issue, we spoke with event professionals choosing not to cancel their meetings scheduled to be held in destinations that pass controversial laws (see On The Web). Like many associations, SMFM signs contracts with its host destinations years in advance. Further complicating things for St.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Corporate events serve an important purpose — they boost brand visibility, drive revenue, and strengthen relationships with customers and employees. However, executing successful events takes more than ordering catering and sending invites. Consider asking questions like: What is the primary purpose of this event? Educational?

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

How would you handle an unanticipated budget increase of $40,000 because the venue’s contract had fine print that dictated your client had to use the in-house preferred supplier for all breakout rooms? Being able to work with your own preferred AV supplier begins with negotiating solid and comprehensive language into the venue contract.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

6 steps to finding the right event tech vendors and product Finding the right event tech can be a long, tedious process. What is the purpose of your event? What type of event is it? Event tech tools are going to help you solve those problems and challenges.” Ease of use: Is the event tech software intuitive?

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SmartMeetings

MAY 30, 2023

As meeting professionals, there are a million moments of truth involved in your many roles, from initial conception of your events to paying the final invoices. Both event planners and CVB sales reps have relayed episodes where the other person took multiple phone calls while driving together in a car around a destination on a site visit.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

When the creative brief from your initial event strategy session calls for brand and reputational impact, how do you measure if you are successful? Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Event planners don’t always have time to go to a class or read a book. Contract and Negotiation Tips.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 19, 2023

How music sets the tone for an event Events are about bringing many different types of people together. Not everyone at an event will speak the same language. Events will be attended by drastically diverse groups of people, even if they are in the same industry. Always be sure to read contracts carefully!

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Event Planning BluePrint

OCTOBER 30, 2022

There’s just one thing left – making your career as an event planner official “on paper.” . But what are the top event planning courses for planners? In reality, you don’t actually need a formal education, accreditations, or affiliations to launch your own event planning business or to even get a job at an event planning company.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies. Mandy has been a keen beam supporter and was on the events and training committees for over 12 years, involved in the first Code of Conduct and was herself the HBAA Venue Chair in 2007.

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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2024

Colleges and Universities host many events from conferences to banquets to expos and even sports and other youth camps. These events often include the need for catering, technology, and housing overnight guests. That is why investing in a comprehensive, event system is a fiscally responsible strategy for many campuses.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum debuted in May 2021 to promote the distinction among Marriott CRN’s leading hotels and resorts, and each event is different. Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Adjusting Training Tactics Attention spans, in general, may have become the length of a TikTok video, but this also means associations are moving to meet the challenge. The topic that we are really trying to wrap our arms around here at ASAE, because we’re on this journey like every association, is accessibility and neurodiversity.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Renewed Group Focus “Just hold the contracted meetings that are on the books and minimize the cancellations that have occurred in prior years due to the pandemic, economic uncertainty and a general reluctance to hold in-person meetings,” said Dan Piotrowski, senior vice president of operations for Omni Hotels. “If

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Creating a comprehensive event budget is crucial for ensuring the optimal performance of any type of event. It serves as a financial roadmap, providing a clear view of all expenses and revenues associated with the event. Quick note: This guide works for free-to-participate events.

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Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 25, 2024

Embarking on a journey in event planning can be incredibly rewarding, offering a dynamic and creative career path. Whether you’re a novice eager to break into the industry or an experienced planner seeking to enhance your skills , understanding the fundamentals of event planning is crucial.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. The planner must be part of the process of mitigating risk for the hotel in terms of that event actualizing.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

The Event Planner's Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process This guide examines a shift event professionals are experiencing in negotiation power with venues. Political, economical, and technological turmoil are profoundly affecting the way we choose where to host our events and creating unprecedented opportunities.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Unionized hotels provide the stability and training that hospitality workers are seeking—they could be part of the solution to the shortage that meeting planners are waiting for. Maguire is reported to have attended the rambunctious first parade, bringing some much-needed music to the event. The Beginnings of Labor Day.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Bursting with experienced event industry leaders, the event’s ninth outing will feature dedicated roundtable and workshop sessions on Protect Duty, safeguarding, flexible working practices, festival operations, and a panel session delivered in partnership with GL events UK on how to value engineer your event.

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QC Event School

MAY 20, 2021

What will the event planning industry look like once the COVID-19 pandemic is finally over? QC Event School Student Ambassador, Neena McConnell, is here to give her predictions! Neena QC graduate and professional wedding/event planner. How COVID Has Impacted the Event Planning Industry. Adapting to the New Normal.

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QC Event School

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

If you’re looking for a career that’s always exciting and full of new challenges, corporate event planning might be the perfect choice for you! But what is corporate event planning? What Is Corporate Event Planning? What Does a Corporate Event Planner Do? What Is The Meaning Of a Corporate Event?

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. It offers a user-friendly interface for attendees to easily register for events, providing organizers tools to track registrations, collect payments, manage attendee data, and generate reports.

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Master the Event

APRIL 6, 2022

By now many of you know that we put a special emphasis on event planning education. Here at Plan an Event, we continue to be encouraged by amount of students, and younger people in general, seeking to enter this industry. Event planning technology is on the increase. Event Planner Courses Are on the Rise.

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QC Event School

APRIL 6, 2023

Are you a brand-new student of QC Event School – or thinking of enrolling? Alternately, perhaps you’re a recent graduate and want to start your own event/wedding planning business… But aren’t sure where to begin or how to be successful? But First… Have You Joined the QC Event School Virtual Classroom Yet?

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Planning Pod

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether you’re an event venue, a professional event organizer, or the de-facto event planner for your organization, creating the best experience for potential attendees can feel overwhelming—especially with event industry statistics suggesting that we’ll see the return of full in-person live events in the upcoming year.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues. The time of day and season of the event. The type of event.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It comes as no surprise that one of the key elements of organising any event is securing a space or venue. It may sound like simple work – finding a venue and exchanging contracts – but the devil is in the detail and more often than not, there’s a myriad of hidden factors that will impact the eventual price tag. Event Tech.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Not that events haven’t been happening since the dawn of time, but the arrival of agencies, full-service production companies, in-house event teams and even our titles, is still somewhat recent. Read More : Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract However, there is also the lawyer who prices on commission.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 17, 2019

Event Integrity is launching their Beta marketplace with a lead opportunity program and community in the Colorado market. The global event industry, not including weddings, has a market size of over $1.5 Topics have ranged from “Contracts and Negotiations” to “Making Sense of Marketing Data.”

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Bizzabo

JUNE 2, 2021

Ever wonder how CMP, CSEP, CPCE, CGMP prepare you for event planning? Curious if event planning certifications can actually help you learn more about the industry or take your career to the next level? We'll also show you how to use online event planning classes to your advantage at the end of the article.

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Jujama

JUNE 12, 2018

Negotiating hotel room block discounts can save you and your guests anywhere between 15% and 30% per room. When it is time to start negotiating for the best deals on your conference hotel, follow these simple steps to guarantee you and your guests receive the best deals. As in all negotiations, time is truly your friend.

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The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

Memories and experiences that are created at a destination outlive any other type or event and experience; for me at least. The past two years haven’t been easy for 42 Incentives and for many other companies in the events business. So we negotiated, in case we also have other challenges. You always need a backup.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues. The time of day and season of the event. The type of event.

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Conference Care

JUNE 4, 2020

Over the past few months we’ve seen a huge increase in interest for virtual events, but very little in how they can be applied to particular event requirements. We worked closely with our technology partner to bring the digital event to life and flow just like a live conference. Client : National Law firm.

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