ePly

MARCH 18, 2024

Site selection: The venue and location must fit the budget and the basic requirements for the event. Talent: If your event features keynote speakers, entertainment, or conference leaders, you’ll need to negotiate the terms long before the event. Schedule: Events need to be broken down into manageable chunks.

Social Media 62

Social Media Transportation Speakers Negotiating 62

Coterie Spark

MAY 29, 2020

Just like our site selection process for in-person events, we’ve evaluated an obscene number of virtual platforms so that we can advise our clients on the best “venue” (i.e. You’d typically have food and drinks, possibly some background music or live entertainment, branded swag, and networking opportunities.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Entertainment Conference Venues 52

Eventsforce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

These organisations can provide you with the following information and more: Suggestions and help facilitating event activities, entertainment, and speakers. Turn to the local convention and visitors bureau (CVB) and destination marketing organisation (DMO) to hit an event planning jackpot.

Meetings 98

Meetings Transportation Site Selections Attendance Marketing 98

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Hand in hand with the site selection is the big job of number crunching. How many registrants will we need and at what price, to hold the meeting at a particular site? In some instances, I contact dozens of speakers just to retain the few that will be right for our intended program. Making the numbers work.

Conference 53

Conference Site Selections Airlines Speakers 53

Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage. And they assume that when attendees are not in sessions, we should ply them with food and drink and entertainment. Far more space is devoted to entertainment and food and beverage. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

Food and Beverage 422

Food and Beverage Meetings Meeting Design Site Selections 422

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Yes, the course will cover all the things you might expect, such as site selection, event design, hiring speakers and entertainment, food and beverage, registration and the like. To me, those are signs of ineptitude. Those things I knew would be covered.

Management 40

Management Event Management Food and Beverage Site Selections 40

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smart Meetings recently went on a FAM trip hosted by Experience Columbus to scope out the area and make your site selection job that much easier. Corporate executives are available as keynote speakers.

2019 81

2019 Fashion Venues 2016 81