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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

Manage contracts. Manage implementation of meeting or event. Depending on your meeting location, it may be necessary to travel with or contract security teams. Design program. Then communicate expectations, set deadlines for deliverables and secure contracts. Secure contracts and communicate expectations.

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Event Statistics: 17 Current Planning Stats that Could Change Your Business Today

Social Tables

However, many proponents of modern meeting design recommend letting participants choose their seating to spur engagement and networking. The unfortunate realities of our modern world have made event security an imperative in contemporary meeting design and planning. Just take a note from the Beverly Wilshire in L.A.,

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

You’ll find helpful info on a range of topics from staging inspiration and productivity advice through to real-world assistance in getting the most out of your AV contracts. Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. All about event tech. Corbin Ball’s TechTalk.

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The New Corona Reality

SmartMeetings

There will be changes in protocol for every aspect of the hotel, ranging from guest check-in , public spaces, food and beverage outlets to all parts of meetings and events, as hypercleanliness, hygiene and social distancing become our new normal. This could also become part of meeting design.