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Yes, You Can Negotiate Catering

Connect Your Meetings

We all know catering can be the largest expense on the master account, but we don’t realize the several areas that can be negotiated to stretch your catering budget. Working with the hotel during the planning and execution of the event can save you money for your next meeting. Hotel catering typically drives 35 to 40% profit.

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Planners Scrambling as Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast

SmartMeetings

Weather advisories being issued from Florida to Maine have prompted airlines to offer re-accommodations, and planners to consider their options. Tallahassee, Florida, hasn’t seen this much fluffy white stuff since 1989, according to the local weather service. Plan on delays. Venues in cold climes are anxious for your business.

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Interviews with Planners - Greg Jenkins

Eventinterface

Jenkins is also a previous nominee as Samaritan of the Year and a two-time nominee as Event Planner of the Year by Event Solutions Magazine, an international magazine serving the event and meeting planning industry. What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? What was great, what was challenging?

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Smart Women 2017: Innovators

SmartMeetings

What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. Company or organization: HelmsBriscoe in Jacksonville, Florida. Heather Reid. Vickie Corder.

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Smart Women 2017 – Innovators

SmartMeetings

What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. Company or organization: HelmsBriscoe in Jacksonville, Florida. Heather Reid. Vickie Corder.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?”

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. Prior to going down the consulting road, Dave was with Experient for 22 years where he served as president of both the Meeting Planning and Registration divisions. What is he known for? Where to find him? Where to find him?

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