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Financial Meeting Planners Face Special Challenges During Crises

SmartMeetings

When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs—at least in the financial and insurance conference sector, where budgets often are more likely to come under the scrutiny of regulators. More : Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less. Production knows the venues, and the processes and procedures they already have in place.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Five Risk Management Tips For Your Holiday Event

Event Leadership Institute

The answer is two words: risk management. Event organizers and hosts are responsible for the safety and well-being of their guests and the risks associated with events, in particular the serving of alcohol can be especially daunting. Most venues require a copy of your insurance certificate and may need a certain dollar figure.

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Money Talks: Defining an Event Budget

TicketBud

Instead, event planners are living within the constraints and are more reliant on proper planning and financial forecasting to ensure the success of their events. Why Event Budgets are Important A budget serves as a financial blueprint for a successful event, aligning expenses with desired outcomes and ensuring financial viability.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. I: Site management. Develop financial summary. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management. Manage critical path. Manage contracts.

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What Is the Meetings Industry’s No. 1 Challenge?

PCMA Convene

In the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, respondents listed rising food and beverage costs as a major challenge. Nearly 30 percent of respondents’ answers in some way reference budgets or rising costs this year, with AV, food and beverage, and Wi-Fi expenses standing out as particular pain points. Risk management.

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

Bizzabo

Discover advances in deep learning tools and techniques from the world's leading innovators across industry, research and the financial sector. BE Midmarket CIO Forum is an engaging, informative, and social venue for IT Solution Providers who are focused on technologies for the midmarket. Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit.

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