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Go Forward, Cancel, Postpone, Wash Your Hands, Rinse … and Repeat

Velvet Chainsaw

Event organizers are in regular communication with their members, exhibitors, boards, internal leaders, venues and all event-related vendors. Many in my network are taking to social media to express a great sense of loss that accompanies event cancellation. Reach out to your networks for information, advice and understanding.

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Building a Winning Corporate Events Program: 7 Critical Success Factors

Attendease

Effectively manage the event budget Based on your strategic plan, develop a realistic, line-item budget covering all aspects of the event — venue, vendors, security, food and beverage, staffing, swag, and the dozens of other expenses that pop up. Make sure you have signed contracts in place at least three months out.

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3 Simple Ways to Select Venues (For Your Next Gathering)

Master the Event

Venues are a vital part of a meeting’s program. Typically event venues are used for the social components of a meeting. Often the venue is off-site, meaning that you are taking the group from their hotel to a specific venue for a specific function. The same can be said for proposing venues.

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Wedding venue management software: How we saved Hidden Barn Venue from spreadsheet paralysis and saved them 62 hours a month

Planning Pod

It’s fairly common for new wedding venues to use free software like Google Docs, Excel spreadsheets, e-calendars and email plus cost-saving tools like whiteboards, paper printouts and folders while landing their first bookings and gaining a foothold in the event industry. Michelle Sanabria – Wedding Coordinator at Hidden Barn Venue.

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25 Powerful Event Sales Techniques for Venues and Planners

Planning Pod

Here at Planning Pod, we build venue and event management software tools that help our customers close more business, so we want to do everything in our power to help them improve and grow. What are you looking for from a venue/planner? source: Spotio ). Sales Discovery, Qualification and Pitching Techniques.

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7 Tips to Supercharge Your Venue Management Processes in 2020

Planning Pod

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. and are still booking up venue spaces for late 2020 and beyond.

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How to start a wedding venue: Tips from two wedding industry experts

Planning Pod

Is it your dream to run a wedding venue perfect for tying the knot? Whatever the reason, starting a wedding venue can be a great choice to shift your career and improve your financial portfolio–but getting an event venue up and running isn’t always easy. Andrea Vallencourt, Owner and Venue Director, Clay Theatre.

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