SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. Yep needed to put the Governing Council on alert. The then-president of the Governing Council, Thelma Duffey, Ph.D., (Photo by Paul Sakuma Photography ). Earlier that year, on Feb.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Some topics are evergreen—negotiation, experience design, trends. The curriculum for the graduate program you are launching with San Diego State includes stakeholder management, finance fundamentals and demonstrating ROE (Return on Experience), but nothing on site selection or F&B. How has that changed over time?

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Capterra Event Management

APRIL 25, 2017

Site Selection. Resources: Registering your business online with State and Federal governments. Preventing a lawsuit or a government investigation is far cheaper than the fees (often costing more than $50,000 ) associated with breaking the law, even if you’re missing something as benign as a zoning permit.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. that February to present to the Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee. A month later, representatives from the selection committee visited Cleveland, and the city moved to the next round of the competition. “It

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