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Contracts and Negotiations Amid Covid: Best of What’s Worked in 2021

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With the pandemic and public concern fluctuating in the midst of uncertainty, event planners and professionals are left with an enormous responsibility to prepare themselves, their guests and their contracts for whatever comes next. Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era. Harness the Power of Negotiation for Post-Covid Success. “In

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Harness the Power of Negotiation for Post-Covid Success

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“When you work in consulting, nobody likes you,” Alison Fragale begins the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “ How to Harness the Power of Negotiation to Master Your Post-Covid Events Career.”. Negotiation is a science and an art,” Fragale says. We’re more afraid of advocating for ourselves, negotiating for ourselves,” she says. “We’re

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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

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Harness the Power of Negotiation to Master Your Post-Covid Events Career. Negotiation is an essential skill in business, meetings and life. Summary: Harness the Power of Negotiation for Post-Covid Success ). Summary: Contract Negotiation: Post-Pandemic Clauses You Need to Know ).

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What Really Happens to Your RFP?

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When we gather with our peers, we don’t brag about ADR or how we “won” a contract negotiation. It’s been said that “in a good negotiation, both sides feel like they lost.” Spencer Hux is director of group sales at Pinehurst in North Carolina. He has worked in hotel group sales since 2006.

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California Travel Ban Provokes Scorn and Cancellations

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At Omni Louisville Hotel, General Manager Scott Stuckey said the property received calls from both conventions withdrawing from negotiations due to the California ban, but did not identify them. “We We’ve seen in other states, like North Carolina, when these travel bans go into effect, it does not get any better,” he said. “It

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Elizabeth Goad Never Stops Learning

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Marketing and graphic design for Accent Imaging, a printer and copier company in North Carolina. When I relocated to South Carolina, I fell back on my marketing and design skills and took a job working for Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates. MY FIRST INDUSTRY JOB. MY PREVIOUS THREE JOBS. trade show.

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How to Plan an LGBT-Friendly Meeting or Event

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For example, Skift reports that the State of North Carolina has already lost nearly $83.9 Apply the “Force Majeure/Excuse of Performance” clause : Demand this clause during negotiation. Make it known to CVBs that any intolerance is unacceptable. million in direct spending from cancellations due to HB2.