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How to Organize a Successful Event – 10 Top Tips for Perfect Events

Eventtia

An event, as we know, can involve many different moving parts, so by planning early, you’ll get more options for different elements of the event: venue options, speakers/talents options, sponsorship options, marketing options, and so on. The more options you have, the higher the chance you’ll be able to pull it off, period.

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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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Need to Cut the Meeting Budget? Start with the Big Picture

MeetingsNet

In addition to offsetting cost increases with more sponsorship dollars, you might be able to find ways to charge attendees for value-adds. Premium food options. Ticket insurance. Premium food options. Ticket insurance. Nobody is going to be focused on the business of the meeting if they can’t be safe first.”.

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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

We have implemented a risk-management manual to our events and we have purchased more event insurance for better protection. Increase in what we budget for food and beverage, and managing other costs more closely. We have also increased the cost of our sponsorships and added new a la carte options. • More outreach.

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The Complete Checklist to Hosting an Event

Eventtia

Whether you can serve alcohol, accessibility concerns, whether you’ll need to get additional insurance, can you bring your own catering, etc. Catering (food and beverages). Sponsorship. Sponsorship finalization. Review all underwriting details and perform final confirmation on sponsorship.

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How to Plan and Run a Charity Event

Eventtia

A charity event, however, can potentially be even more challenging to host since you’ll need to take the fundraising aspect into account, as well as other nuances like attracting donors and securing sponsorships, among others. Catering: all costs related to food and beverages. How you’ll recruit volunteers.

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Event

Maritz Global Events

While sponsorships have been prevalent for a long time, there are other ways to generate more revenue, including digital and print options that might surprise you. Research Finds Sponsorships are Still Relevant. Also, 83 percent of exhibitors have purchased at least one sponsorship in the last two years. Commit to Sponsorships.