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Two Tensions Keeping Senior Event Professionals Up at Night

Velvet Chainsaw

The big three include food & beverage, A/V + production and speakers/entertainment. Utilizing industry speakers for one of your keynote slots. In many cases, it makes sense to consolidate business development and fulfillment resources and organize them around your customers instead of your products.

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14 New Trends in the Event Planning Industry for 2024

Attendease

Trend #1: Cross-Cultural Dishes & Menus Food and beverage selections at events are becoming more cross-cultural. Trend #2: The Art of Food Plating Attendees expect more than good food from event dining experiences in 2024—they are also looking for how dishes and beverages are presented to them.

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Event Budget Basics: Everything You Need to Know

Eventmobi

28% replied that their organization manages resources and processes for them. Once you’ve developed your budget, you’ll have to track and review it on a regular basis to ensure you stay within the allocated resources. Food & Beverage ($35/person). 33% mentioned that standards and processes exist for the organization.

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75 Event Ideas to Inspire Your Next Event

Attendease

Keynote speakers on future trends An impactful keynote speaker should do more than present data—they need to tell a compelling story that motivates action. Popular themes like decades parties, costume parties, and masquerade balls give attendees guided inspiration for decor, music, activities, food, and dress code.

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Event Planning Resources – Start Your Engines!

Master the Event

Event Planning Resources – Start Your Search Engines That Is! An incredible amount of information had to be plotted and thought out; the convention city, travel logistics, accommodations, venues and facilities, food and beverage, guest speakers. Event Planning Resources – Green Flag! What could be easier?

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Working Toward Event Inclusivity? Don’t Miss This

MeetingsNet

If your organization is working to create more inclusive and accessible events, don’t duplicate efforts: A comprehensive resource just released by Google covers everything from registration and restrooms to service animals and swag. focused at this point, it is a thorough and thought-provoking resource.

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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). Include logistical details, session descriptions, speaker bios, FAQs, and personalized calls-to-action to drive conversions. Pssst, event marketing software can help with this.)