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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

This perfect storm significantly threatens the sustainability of associations and adds tremendous pressure to those who are organizing events to find ways to improve their financial performance. Planners are charged with making the problem go away but have little to no negotiating power. Tough times require creative thinking.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. Read More : Year of the Sustainable RFP Let me connect the dots for you.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

SmartMeetings

An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. Read More : Year of the Sustainable RFP Let me connect the dots for you.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Building a Winning Corporate Events Program: 7 Critical Success Factors

Attendease

When building out a corporate events program, several critical factors must be considered to ensure the organization’s long-term success and sustainability. It’s crucial to monitor expenses closely and adhere to the budget to ensure financial stability. Make sure you have signed contracts in place at least three months out.

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The Mutual Benefits of Planning with a Unionized Property

Smart Meetings

They negotiate for higher wages, improved benefits including retirement plans and family healthcare, job training, due process and safety concerns. The financial benefits of union membership have been recorded several times. In San Francisco, there are 60 properties with solid union contracts that are not at risk for striking.

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Eventscase Monthly News Round-Up November 2022

Eventscase Blog

The contract renewals we have closed in recent weeks are a testament of our clients’ trust in our team. Last but not least, we are most grateful to have received financial backing from our investors once again! Our product team is relentless in improving the platform and trying to cover more use cases for our end users.

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