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Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era

SmartMeetings

event contract. Foster, CHME, an attorney with Foster, Jensen & Gulley , for an exclusive Q&A on event contract essentials in the Covid era. Listen to “Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era” on demand. This section of the contract will also determine damages the hotel would pay if they cancel the group.

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How to Get Speakers and Attendees to Promote Your Event

GEVME

You may have an outstanding line-up of speakers for your event, a repository of informational content for attendees, a strong agenda and everything in between. And while you may already have all the resources to create a memorable experience for your attendees, creating a buzz prior to the main event can be a total gamechanger.

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Should You Break the Bank to Hire a Celebrity Speaker?

PCMA Convene

Olympic track-and-field medalist Allyson Felix related her advocacy of contract protections for pregnant athletes to equal employment opportunities for all women during Convening Leaders 2023. Only 1 percent of respondents to a Freeman survey said they preferred celebrity speakers to those who had something relevant to say to their groups.

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Getting the best value from your keynote speaker

Event Industry News

Director of Performing Artistes, Lauralee Whyte, shares her experience of getting the most from a keynote speaker. Here are 4 key things to remember when working with your Speaker Consultant, so to ensure you get the most value from your speaker, and crucially, for your audience to experience the most engaging content possible.

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A Sustainability Pulse Check for Events

PCMA Convene

Topping the topic list in the survey, conducted by AAE Speakers, a speakers bureau and talent agency, is leadership and motivation, cited by two out of five planner respondents. The main takeway from all three studies? Michelle Russell is editor in chief of Convene.

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National Association of Realtors Tackles Virtual Event Speaker Challenges

PCMA Convene

The speakers that had been invited to the meeting “are heavyweights with the CARES Act,” she said, “and all of our members are entrepreneurs and independent contractors and small business owners.”. Speaker Contracts. One area Stetz knew that they had to address right away was their speaker contracts.

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AV Contracts Explained

Canadian Special Events

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. . If you breach the contract, they keep the money. This is not uncommon.