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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

With your objectives and goals in mind, you can map out a blueprint for your meeting or event. It also will help you set policies, procedures and manage expectations. Develop theme for meeting or event. Manage contracts. Manage implementation of meeting or event. Establish workforce policies and procedures.

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The New Age of Strategic Meetings Management: A Seat at the Omnichannel Table

SpotMe Blog

Strategically source vendors and negotiate contracts to reduce expenses. This includes policies for meeting approvals, risk management, accessibility, and sustainability. Reduce Event Costs Take a data-driven approach to optimize your event budget. Fourth, focus on data-driven decision-making.

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The New Corona Reality

SmartMeetings

Contracting : At this time, we are evaluating all aspects of the meetings and events space–including the contracting phase. We realize it will take the entire industry to work together to create the confidence and trust to bring back meetings. This could also become part of meeting design.