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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Event Farm

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While the pandemic meant that most event planners had to move toward virtual or online platforms, live events aren’t a remnant of the past. The 2022 Event Safety Guide is a great place to start if you’re planning on hosting a live event in the near future. What is the 2022 Event Safety Guide?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Ask 4 nonobvious questions to find your dream speaker for a virtual, hybrid or F2F lineup. As meeting professionals, we design and produce one-of-a-kind event experiences. Whether the event is virtual , face to face, or a blend of both, every minute of programming matters. Our featured speaker(s) just completed the session(s).

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SmartMeetings

MAY 9, 2019

Contracts are legally binding agreements between two parties that help ensure services are performed, eliminate miscommunication and spell out options in the event of a disagreement. Following are her tips for mastering contracts. Otherwise there is no legally binding commitment and the contract may not be enforceable.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 8, 2020

In March, like many other event organizers, Bonnie Stetz, director of conference content design for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), found herself in the position of having to convert a live event to virtual in a very short period of time — five-and-a-half weeks, to be exact. The event is held each year over six days in D.C.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 25, 2021

There’s a lot of uncertainty regarding COVID variants and in response, event organizers are creating event contingency plans to prepare for the future. Here’s our tips on what to consider. Having an event contingency plan is an essential part of being an event organizer but it’s especially key in 2021 and beyond.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 26, 2020

TED is one of the many formerly face-to-face events lining up speakers, such as Susan David, for their digital programming. I’ve been working with speakers at events for more than 20 years, and this almost feels like an entirely new job,” Tim Mathy, partner at Speak Inc., This is the Wild West of the speaker world.”.

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Attendease

JANUARY 30, 2024

Events offer tremendous opportunities to generate leads and move prospects along the sales funnel. Yet it’s surprising how many people struggle to start meaningful conversations that result in an adequate number of potential leads and sales to pay off the costs and overcome the challenges of event marketing.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This is a guest post from Sarah Hill, a professional blogger and creative content writer at Group Se7en Events , a leading event management and event planning agency in London. If you work in events, it comes as no surprise that being an event planner has been voted in numerous polls as one of the most stressful jobs.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. Choices, Choices.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2021

Hybrid events are the perfect synergy between virtual and in-person events, but it can be quite challenging for event planners to put them together. That’s why in this week’s episode of #EventIcons, Sarah welcomes Kelly Knowlen to talk about the most important hybrid event tips and tricks.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 19, 2021

When you are planning for an inspiring event, you probably don’t want to imagine the possibility of your hard work going to waste, but the pandemic illustrated why it’s important to prepare for the chance that your meeting may need to be canceled due to circumstances completely outside your control. Here are some vital event insurance tips.

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SevenEvents

MAY 26, 2023

planning an event can be a considerable task, whether it’s a small drinks reception or a large-scale conference. to help you navigate the event planning process with ease, the experts from seven events, a UK event management company, have compiled a list of ten invaluable tips from our UK experts.

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Expo Pass

MARCH 22, 2023

You’re about to plan your first event. All of this is ahead of you, but first, you’ve gotta plan that first A+ event. We’ve got a list of event tips to make your first event run perfectly. By the end of this article, you’ll feel ready to tackle the biggest, most high-class events in the biz!

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

On the heels of multiple studies showing that event professionals are increasingly being asked to do more with less, Smart Meetings asked a veteran planner for tips on how to create “wow” on a budget. Contracting. Consider multi-year contracts: Finding new venues every year can be time consuming for all parties involved.

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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.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Planners have a thousand details to consider when organizing a private event. The industry experts described how to keep the process focused, as well as some underestimated details that will help ensure your event’s success. More : Make Your Event a Grand Success with SWOT Analysis. Putting on an event as a reward?

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Video live streaming of events is simple to set up, easy to use, entertaining to watch, and most importantly accessible by all. There’s lots of potential for using this technology to live stream in-person sessions to a remote audience at your event. The Legality of Live Streaming Your Event.

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Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2020

This year has been extremely difficult for any industry, but the looming pandemic and ongoing social distancing continues to be particularly challenging for the event management industry and the event venues whose business is all about getting people together. Contracts and other agreements can be sent and signed digitally.

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GEVME

JUNE 11, 2019

The correct timing of events can play a vital role through the whole event organisation process. Without a properly considered timetable, you risk missing significant due dates that are critical to your event’s success. What is an event planning timeline? Why you need an event timeline. 6 months before the event.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

Bad event WiFi can ruin your event. If you have bad WiFi your attendees might forget about all the great parts of your event and only remember the WiFi sucked. WiFi when they come to your event. We know event WiFi is important. We know event WiFi is important. But how do you have the best event WiFi?

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

After a year of adapting to virtual-only formats, many within the events industry are eagerly predicting that 2021 will be the year of hybrid events. While hybrid events may seem like more familiar territory than strictly virtual formats, it is still too early to fall back on old models. Planning Hybrid Events in 2021.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

So you’re about to organize an event. However, since that’s not the world most of us inhabit, here are a few tips I’ve picked up from meeting planners over the course of my 14 years as a keynote speaker. Negotiate Your AV Costs Before Signing a Contract. When you don’t have all the money in the world. Which leads to….

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Make Space for Meditation Every attendee in your meeting is fighting a battle that nobody else knows anything about, and they are carrying that into your event. Meditation is the opportunity to take three minutes to acknowledge that and give space for people to get in the right headspace to intake all the great content from your event.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Master planner consultants offer 6 tips for negotiating your next corporate event Does this sound familiar? You have been tasked with producing a new event—or breathing new life into one that has been on rinse and repeat too long. What questions should you ask during sourcing to avoid surprises post-event?

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Socio Events

JULY 27, 2021

Hybrid events are emerging as the new frontier for the events industry. While this new event format brings with it excitement for a return to in-person events, many event planners are asking a similar question: How do I budget for an event that involves in-person and virtual components?

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Event Farm

MAY 5, 2021

As pandemic conditions continue to change, do you feel that you must wade through wave after wave of information to seek answers and solutions to plan safe live events? Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm, unveiled and walked us through the Playbook during the third event in our series on Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 13, 2018

These 10 tips will help you find the perfect conference venue. From gathering speakers to securing sponsors, your to-do list seems to be never-ending. 36% of event planners spending most of their budget on the venue , choosing a event space becomes o. Be sure to determine if this is the venue or locale’s peak season.

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ePly

MARCH 26, 2024

Coordinators describe the seemingly impossible feat of creating an event from scratch in a variety of daunting ways. In fact, the independent educational resource World Scholarship Vault (WSV) named event planning as the third most stressful job in 2023. What Is an Event Plan?

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Coterie Spark

AUGUST 19, 2022

Catch-22: Your conference ticket sales depend on the quality of your event, yet the quality of your event depends on what you can afford through your ticket sales! Go over contract terms in-depth with your vendors, whether it’s off-site venues, your A/V team, or even videographers.

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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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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As the cost of AV and event technologies continues to rise, planners need to get smarter about what the really need and how to get it at a fair price. While audiovisual, production, and event technology have long been budgetary sore points, they’re even more expensive these days. Tried-and-True AV/Event-Tech Cost Cuts.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 24, 2018

One of the oldest tricks in the event professional’s bag is booking a big-name speaker to get people in the seats. She cites a recent search into the postings of a proposed speaker for a banking group that turned up comments inconsistent with the mission of the group. Will they stay for a VIP event? What to Look For.

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Eventmobi

JULY 27, 2022

How can associations use the data and information captured by their event technology platforms? Whether you need to prove event ROI, plan better future events, or improve the attendee experience, see how 6 association stakeholders used valuable data insights from their events to help achieve strategic goals. Event Type.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 30, 2020

With endless details to keep track of pre-, during, and post-event, a list makes the to-dos more manageable and provides sanity-saving peace-of-mind too. Of course, there isn’t a “one size fits all” checklist – especially when it comes to planning virtual events. At least three months before the virtual event: ?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2019

Strategist Jen Anderson shares tips on how to avoid costly errors. The backbone of every successful event is a team of people who work tirelessly, often after hours and behind the scenes, to make it happen. Make sure you have the signed, returned contracts to ensure they are secured. Jen Anderson. Not Planning Early Enough.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

And unless they possess excellent hearing, conversing with a colleague while Heroes plays from a monster speaker ten feet away is, well, challenging. I’ve been at too many event parties where loud music was inescapable. These days I often pass on event parties because I can’t hear anyone over the music.

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