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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 Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up. Choices, Choices.

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Rethinking How You Work With Procurement

PCMA Convene

Tate, CMM, senior manager of finance and events for Petco Animal Supply Services. “‘I I know where my negotiation points are, and where I can bring expenses down to create more value for the company.’”. The events side of it is something new that [procurement] has taken on and bitten off,” Butler said.