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Yet Another Job for Planners: Clearing the Air

MeetingsNet

Having a conversation with your venue about indoor air quality is a must. A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role.

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How To Plan An Event

ePly

Schedule: Events need to be broken down into manageable chunks. Planners need to map out how much time (before, during, and after) they’ll need to pull off the event. Site selection: The venue and location must fit the budget and the basic requirements for the event. How will they park?

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Risk Management 101 with Jordan Atherton, 1st Global

Connect Your Meetings

Having immediate on-site access to law enforcement professionals can save crucial time in emergency situations. Quick Tip: Your venue may already have an existing relationship with the local police department and can quickly put you in contact with the right person. Partner with your venue.

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Prioritizing Event Security in Uncertain Times

Maritz Global Events

“Our budgets are going up in that line item [event security], but it affects everything,” said Gregg Talley, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO of Talley Management Group. “It It affects everything from the site selection process right through to delivery. Keeping Event Security Top of Mind. is critical.

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Customer Feedback: Rethinking the CAB Experience

PCMA Convene

The customer is always right — that guiding principle for the retail industry is also key to the way the business events industry operates. Event destinations and venues, for example, rely on customer feedback to shape their future development plans. Among those goals is to rise to the top of planners’ site-selection lists.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum.

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5 Online Event Planning Classes To Jumpstart Your Career

Capterra Event Management

The International Institute of Event Management has split up their courses into three certifications: one for wedding planning, one for general event management, and one combining both event management and wedding planning. Venue Selection. Certificate in Event Management. Corporate Event Planning.