Connect Your Meetings

MARCH 21, 2018

Many times, a convention’s catering expenses can be more than half of the master account, and planners frequently do not attempt to negotiate what can be a huge expense. You’ll learn how to negotiate catering pricing, service charges and fees to deliver immediate savings to your company or organization.

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Food and Beverage Negotiating Hotels Meeting Planning 53

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Things like target audience, messaging, venue selection, and budget are all part of the planning process. They can often negotiate better deals and availability. It is not for commercial purposes.

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Socio Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Here’s the basic job description: A professional event planner is someone who organizes all aspects of meetings, conventions, and other types of special events. This involves budgeting, generating ideas, booking guest speakers, and engaging with vendors and sponsors. Planning event logistics including cost, time, location, and format.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas.

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2016 Trade Shows Food and Beverage Technology 40

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

It could be managing speakers. So the interns should learn how you negotiate that type of situation.”. Peggy Marilley, founder of Alexandria, Virginia–based Precision Meetings & Events, thinks working with students keeps her ahead of the curve. THE ART OF THE DEAL Ogbeide sees negotiation experience as essential.

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Negotiating Hospitality Contracts Risk Management 68

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

For pharmaceutical companies, effective marketing is crucial to educating the market about new treatments, connecting with healthcare providers, and building brand awareness. Regulations vary between countries, so international events require extensive planning to accommodate different rules in each market.

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Marketing Social Media Healthcare Advertising 130

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I love a little bit of everything — the planning, the communication with vendors, speakers and sponsors, the creative aspects, the cyclical nature of the job, and my co-workers. Building and coaching my team, producing live educational and interactive experiences. No meeting, destination, or even project is ever the same.

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Contracts Travel Medical Meetings Education 59

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine. Not only that, but “we were still a decade removed from the delivery of online education.” Informal, Yet Aggressive.

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