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Peer-to-Peer Connections Matter for Career Advancement

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After covering the meetings industry for 32 years, one of the few things I know for sure about this business is that nobody would hire me to be a meeting planner. My mind simply does not work that way, and I am truly impressed by those who can do all those things and produce a satisfying experience for attendees and other stakeholders.

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Incentive Travel is Changing; Here’s What You Need to Know

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Guest safety has become a focal aspect of incentive travel planning. What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. As a result, travel planners are shifting the focus to their budgets and contracts with third parties. Costs are changing and budgets must follow suit.

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Emerging Association Meeting Strategies

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View Webinar on Demand Facilitator of Change Association meetings often function as a place of dialogue and discourse. Unbound by restrictions of government agencies, associations can make long-term impactful changes in areas like healthcare and the financial fields. “I I think we are the trusted source.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

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In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. There is a fear to commit in such a volatile environment,” she said, framing the reality of corporate planning today. “It By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Choices, Choices.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

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Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? . Sell the Value of Your Meeting with F&B Actuals, Not Minimums.

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Smart Women 2017: Innovators

SmartMeetings

What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. I love it even more when people find ways to use our technology that we hadn’t even thought of.

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Smart Women 2017 – Innovators

SmartMeetings

What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. I love it even more when people find ways to use our technology that we hadn’t even thought of.

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