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The Fundamentals of Event Planning: A Comprehensive Guide

Event Planning BluePrint

Embarking on a journey in event planning can be incredibly rewarding, offering a dynamic and creative career path. Whether you’re a novice eager to break into the industry or an experienced planner seeking to enhance your skills , understanding the fundamentals of event planning is crucial.

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Your Event Goals Should Determine Your Venue Contract — Not The Other Way Around

Endless Events

Whether you opt for an in-person or hybrid event, you need the right venue to create a truly captivating experience. Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Why should you let your venue dictate what happens at your event?

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Top Event Planning Skills You Need in a Post Covid-19 World

Eventsforce

It’s something event planners have been dealing with in every aspect of their job. Event design has changed, venue operations have changed and how attendees consume content has changed. It is a lot to deal with for event professionals. Sales, Persuasion and Negotiation . Helping Develop Hybrid Events.

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Before You Sign That Contract: 5 Hotel Contract Tips For Novice Planners

Endless Events

From managing event timelines to event budgeting, event profs have a lot on their plates. And even though innovative event technology solutions help automate many of the event planning processes, certain tasks remain unchanged. While banquet labor costs can be negotiated in most cases, they cannot be waived.

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Building a Winning Corporate Events Program: 7 Critical Success Factors

Attendease

This includes considering your internal resources (budget, stakeholders, event management software) and external resources (sponsors, vendors, partners). Here are some tips for managing corporate event planning across multiple teams and stakeholders: Create a master project plan with milestones, deliverables, and deadlines.

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25 Powerful Event Sales Techniques for Venues and Planners

Planning Pod

Here at Planning Pod, we build venue and event management software tools that help our customers close more business, so we want to do everything in our power to help them improve and grow. What are you looking for from a venue/planner? Who else are you working with to plan and execute the event?

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How To Plan An Event

ePly

Even simple events can have multiple moving parts, making event planning an intense exercise in logistics. More than throwing parties, event planning considers all stages of the event cycle. From conception to post-event marketing, the planner has to be ready for nearly anything.