Event Farm

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can use an app like Event Farm to control crowds and stagger queuing anywhere a line forms, like registration/check-in, meet-and-greets, product demos, and food/beverage stations. #15: 14: Queuing tool. 15: Programming tweaks. 16: Networking comfort levels. 20: Compliance reporting.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

However, since that’s not the world most of us inhabit, here are a few tips I’ve picked up from meeting planners over the course of my 14 years as a keynote speaker. Prioritize Drinks Over Food. Anecdotally, the amount of uneaten food at just about every conference I’ve attended is staggering. Which leads to….

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Planning Pod

JUNE 10, 2022

Whether you offer on-site or off-site catering, dropoff or pickup, Planning Pod’s comprehensive catering software solution is trusted by 20,000+ hospitality, food services and event professionals because it…. Food-&-Beverage + Menu Management. Top Features. Kitchen and Team Management.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you’re unsure where to start, provide forms or surveys during the event registration process so guests can easily enter their dietary needs, meal preferences, and other key details, such as food allergies. You don’t want to run out of food halfway through your event, so take steps to ensure you have plenty of food available.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 9, 2023

At your initial meeting with a client to plan an event honoring a special person (or as you begin to prepare for a Do It Yourself (DIY) event) it may be useful to document what plans have been completed and what still needs to be planned. Are you planning to serve food? Who will prepare the food? What is the budget?

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TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to a recent Maritz Industry Trends Report , most meeting expenses are up over 20 percent since before the pandemic. To create a robust budget that meets financial constraints and aligns with the event’s goals, start with the basics: Establish event objectives. But, most budgets haven’t budged.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

These include: Inventory control and management; Personal protective equipment; Worker health program; Documentation management; Waste management; Cleaning and disinfecting chemicals. Much like the steps being taken to ensure attendee safety, venues and convention centers across the US are stepping up to meet technical hybrid needs.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

Since the hotel’s launch in May 2021, the team behind The Dilly have been making sustainable choices throughout every department of the hotel and just over a year later following a thorough audit, has been certified by Green Key to meet the criteria for a sustainable tourism business.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 28, 2020

This guide offers insights beyond those guidelines focusing on four key areas: Transmission barriers Enhanced sanitisation Health screening Food and beverage guidelines. In July, EIC released the Meeting and Event Design Accepted Practices Guide.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Smart Meetings spoke with Cartotto about what new security trends next year may have in store. Without taking deliberate precautions, meeting planners and their attendees’ data, including names, phone numbers and addresses, could be left vulnerable to hackers. What Meeting Planners Should Ask Hotels. Managing the Physical Space.

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QC Event School

DECEMBER 30, 2022

First thing’s first: an event proposal is a document that outlines the details of an event. But the truth is, they are two different documents. On the other hand, an event plan is a document that outlines all of the details of how you will actually execute the event once it’s been approved. What is an Event Proposal?

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Stova

MARCH 16, 2023

The Strategic Meetings Management Guide Successful strategic meetings management requires a wide array of skills and tools to help you meet stakeholders' expectations and reach your goals. Within this guide, you will receive the tools and knowledge to become a meeting strategist for your organization.

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SpotMe Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

An event brief is a crucial document that gives a clear and concise summary of your event’s purpose, scope, target audience, timeline, and other details that are key to its success. The document outlines everything from the audience to the timeline as well as a list of all the main resources. Event brief? What’s that?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

On the heels of multiple studies showing that event professionals are increasingly being asked to do more with less, Smart Meetings asked a veteran planner for tips on how to create “wow” on a budget. Food and Beverage. Modify your menus: It’s sad but true that food is often wasted at meetings.

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 16, 2023

No matter the hours of brainstorming, preparation, and documentation you put into your pre-planning, there will inevitably be unforeseen challenges that arise onsite. We use this information to calculate more accurate guarantees for food and beverage functions, schedule a keynote at the opportune time in the agenda, and more.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce leaders share insights on planning meetings during a pandemic. Drowning in a sea of protocols and guidance documents released daily by government agencies, venues and organizations? Preparing for a Return to Meeting. For highlights, read on. Advocating for the Future. Amy Calvert.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Although free and low-cost solutions can be a great short-term fix to get a new wedding venue or meeting space up and running, these inexpensive solutions eventually end up costing an event venue vastly more than what you save using them. How all-in-one wedding venue software helped Hidden Barn hit the ground running.

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GEVME

JANUARY 9, 2020

From small meet-ups and workshops to large-scale conferences, keeping track of attendees will make for a more efficient process beneficial for the event planners. . The digitalized formats of attendees’ IDs replace paper tickets and other printed documents, which event planners normally print to track attendance at events.

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Eventtia

JUNE 2, 2023

Event planning and organizing a fairly small meeting involving just five participants can be quite a challenge, especially if this is your first time. Catering: all costs related to food and beverage Decoration: pretty self-explanatory Entertainment: speakers, talents, performers, exhibitors, and so on.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

After all, attendees spend much of their time indoors as it is, so taking a break from enclosure may be welcomed; technically it’s still work for them, but taking the meeting outside will take the pressure off and remind everyone that it’s supposed to be fun. The post Team Building: Make It Unconventional appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Marketer

MAY 9, 2022

BMW’s Road to Coachella platform, which launched in 2017, once again featured a content creation journey documented by artist and influencer partners on their way to the event in a fleet of all-electric BMWs. Doja Cat herself stopped by to meet the BMW Road to Coachella influencer crew and shoot social content. Agency: Duncan Channon.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 26, 2017

The experience would not be what it is if not for the exquisite food, drinks, décor, and of course the swag bag. When people are at a fun event, they want to document it with the perfect selfie. Food & Beverage. The H20 brand also debuted the first in a series of three movies about food, design, and fashion.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The meetings and events industry is currently worth U.S.$250 250 billion for us in Asia Pacific (APAC) and last year, more than 35 percent of food and beverage revenue came from this segment. This internal document is shared across multiple hotel teams to ensure our event service standard is consistent. Kerry Healy.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Document everything. Ensure that all partnership and collaboration agreements are legally documented. Finalizing details against the event master plan Gather all your team members in a plenary meeting to review the event master plan and ensure everyone is on the same page. Strike a fair deal. Negotiate mutually beneficial terms.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2019

Over the past two decades, environmental conservation has been a key component of operations throughout the Hawai’i Convention Center, a world-class global meeting venue centrally located between East and West on O’ahu in the Hawaiian Islands. (Dana Edmunds/Hawaii Tourism Authority).

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Nunify

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Sponsors fund your events, offer in-kind benefits such as food, prizes, and host activities to engage your audience. Food & Beverage sponsors. For in-person events, food and drinks are a must, and you can have sponsorship for the same. Do you remember those branded pens and notepads at a conference meeting?

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Planning Pod

JULY 27, 2022

And, yes, these can definitely help in this post-pandemic sales world of Zoom meetings and electronic communications. When you are qualifying a new lead, you probably already ask for basic information like: Type of event (wedding, party, meeting, trade show, seminar/webinar, etc.) Alignment of their needs with your offerings.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

As a Rhode Island native, Adamo knew that Providence was home to a rich food scene born of the city’s many ethnic groups—Italian, especially—as well as the waves of trained chefs who graduate from J&W and stay to open their own restaurants. So how could scrappy Providence claim its rightful place among America’s great food cities? “No

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All Seated

MAY 10, 2019

After another strong year in 2018 for meetings and events, many predictions show the upward trends continuing this year: The Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) 2019 Meetings & Trends Report predicts a robust 5 to 10 percent growth in demand. Themed food & beverage. Outdoor meeting rooms/spaces. in GDP in 2019.

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ePly

MARCH 22, 2024

Including photos can make the document more engaging and helps in recognizing speakers during the conference. Apps also allow organizers to embed information about the speakers, their presentations, or other information that users can use to choose the sessions that best meet their needs.

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Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

This way, you’ll be sure to meet important deadlines, stay within budget, and coordinate multiple parties smoothly. Some examples of timeline anchors include: A corporate client’s request to have a formal check-in meeting about the event two weeks before. They’re events that can’t be moved. Add vendor timelines.

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TicketBud

JUNE 2, 2015

A web and mobile app that helps you run highly productive, engaging meetings. How many times have your staff meetings gone off track or went way over the time allotted? Worklife automates best meeting practices - setting and sharing agendas, driving towards decisions and action items - to help your event team get more done faster.

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Social Tables

JULY 31, 2018

At a granular level, their focus will be on confirming vendors (food and beverage, lighting, A/V), working closely with the venue, and creating a production schedule for the event. The sponsorship package is a document that provides information on your event and the cause it is supporting. Branding/Design.

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InitLive

JANUARY 25, 2021

Increase food and beverage sales by 35%. Regardless of your festival goals, it is important to document them before you commence your planning process to ensure that everyone on the planning team has a clear idea of what they are trying to achieve this year. Reach 70% returning attendee from previous years.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When we built Planning Pod, we set out to solve a big problem that many event venues, restaurants and hotels face … juggling too many applications, emails, documents, spreadsheets and even notes, folders and whiteboards to manage their event bookings. Or to add updated food-and-beverage items to both an invoice and a BEO.

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Social Tables

JULY 31, 2018

At a granular level, their focus will be on confirming vendors (food and beverage, lighting, A/V), working closely with the venue, and creating a production schedule for the event. The sponsorship package is a document that provides information on your event and the cause it is supporting. Create your sponsorship package.

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All Seated

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Clients are so inundated with emails every day that they are asking for the use of more shared documents where you can edit, leave comments, share checklists and keep up to date in real-time.”. Using digital planning tools to effectively collaborate on planning details without the need for on-site and in-person meetings. Plan Ahead.

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