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Q&A: What Does an Event Planner Do?

Social Tables

As an event planner’s career grows, they are able to delegate more responsibility to coordinators and event staff, but not at first. Every event planner should be able to carry out the following functions: Design. Event design is one of the most crucial parts of the planning process. Continuing education.

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20 Palo Alto Event Venues That Your Attendees Will Love

Bizzabo

Although the OPAL Event Center requires all of their guests to be 21+ (even for private events), they offer flexibility in the form of amenities, catering, and beverage options. They provide food and beverages with season flavor and locally sourced ingredients. They also serve award-winning local wines.

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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.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Science-based meetings with continuing education tend to have fewer massive fluctuations, but we must continue to focus on the value of face-to-face meetings as travel becomes more difficult and virtual content more accessible.”. travel ban).

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Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Respondents report that, on average, food and beverage remains their single-largest expense, accounting for 31 percent of their costs at their largest 2016 event. Average change: +1.5 percent compared to +2.3 percent in the 2015 survey.

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