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2018 40 Under 40: Jim Clapes

Connect Your Meetings

As a one man show at DPA, I am involved in all aspects of the planning process, including site selection, vendor acquisition and management, contract negotiation, budget development/reconciliation as well as social media outreach and management.

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Recession-Proofing Your Job: Do You Know Your VORP?

Event Leadership Institute

While technically defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, a recession is more felt as the general malaise of a contracting economy: declines in business revenue and profit, decreases in spending, and pressure to cut costs and eliminate jobs. Are you viewed as a commodity or a business partner? Follow the money.

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AV Advice from the Experts

Connect Your Meetings

So too is social media integration, where visual walls are created (at a general session, seminar or banquet) that use preprogrammed hashtags to search for and project content. It gets the audience into the meeting and is more than just a still picture,” he says.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. J: Marketing.

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The Ultimate Guide on How to Start Your Event Planning Business

Capterra Event Management

Venue Selection. Social Event Planning. Event Marketing and Social Media. Site Selection. Includes conferences, meetings, graduations. Social media makes this easier than ever, especially with professional networks like LinkedIn. Wedding Planning Strategy. Aesthetics. Conferences.

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5 Online Event Planning Classes To Jumpstart Your Career

Capterra Event Management

Social Event Planning. Event Marketing and Social Media. Site Selection. Vendor/Contract Management. Intro to Corporate Meetings, Events, and Conferences. The Top 5 Event Professional Social Media Mistakes You Should Avoid. Corporate Event Planning. Event Logistics. Conferences.

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All Politics Is Local

PCMA Convene

The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. that February to present to the Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee. You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

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