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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Increase your visibility and share your knowledge: The call for speakers is now open for the MeetingsNet track at The Special Event. We invite you to submit an idea for an informative session, sharing meeting expertise or research that can help event professionals to succeed. The deadline for is June 16.

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Win at Negotiating AV Services with Hotels

Smart Meetings

Date, venue and rates are critical and typically given priority in the earliest stages of the meeting planning cycle. However, leaving audio visual (AV) equipment services to the end could be a costly mistake, especially when negotiating these services with a hotel. Contracting Out vs. In-House. Areas for Negotiation.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

“It should be really obvious that we aren’t just order takers,” she said, putting the enhanced role of the corporate meeting professional in perspective. “We We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Choices, Choices.

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Banquets and Catering: An Insider’s Approach to Food and Beverage

Connect Your Meetings

Many times, a convention’s catering expenses can be more than half of the master account, and planners frequently do not attempt to negotiate what can be a huge expense. You’ll learn how to negotiate catering pricing, service charges and fees to deliver immediate savings to your company or organization.

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Conference Planning Resources – It’s All About the Planning

Master the Event

The conference and meeting planning world has become one of the more important commerce producing sectors. One of the keys to the success in this industry are the conference and meeting planners that organize, plan and deliver the ultimate in meetings, tradeshows, conferences, seminars and product launches.

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The best pharma event management companies in 2023

SpotMe Blog

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Things like target audience, messaging, venue selection, and budget are all part of the planning process. They can often negotiate better deals and availability. It is not for commercial purposes.

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The 15 Best Podcasts For Event Planners

Bizzabo

The Best Event Planning Podcasts. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. Meetings Podcast. Eventful: Th e Podcast for Meeting Professionals. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. This is a bi-monthly, thirty minute podcast about all things event planning. Meetings Podcast. EventIcons.