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Navigating Event Contract Negotiation with Finesse

ePly

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. In this day and age, negotiation skills are even more essential as event professionals strive to deliver memorable experiences while staying on budget.

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Navigating Event Contract Negotiation with Finesse

ePly

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. In this day and age, negotiation skills are even more essential as event professionals strive to deliver memorable experiences while staying on budget.

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Contract Negotiation: Post-Pandemic Clauses You Need to Know

Smart Meetings

As unsavory as that answer is, in the world of federal, state, county and city guidelines and their differences in rules, this is the way it is. If your force majeure list doesn’t include the new things, such as a viral outbreak or pandemic, that’s the stuff you need negotiate, Sheaks says. Clauses Galore.

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Concerns about using facial analysis at events

Conferences that Work

As I write this, the European Parliament is close to outlawing facial recognition in public spaces, though negotiations on the final wording are still underway. Here is an extract from the GDPR guidelines on the use of facial recognition technology in law enforcement. You’re almost certainly in it.)

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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

This section suggests questions to ask venues about compliance and safety, recommends venues with GBAC STAR accreditation, and advises following CDC guidelines on ventilation and sanitization. . The panelists offered tips about negotiating with venues and vendors: . Follow the CDC guidelines on health screening.

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Booking Group Business in the Future of Meetings

SmartMeetings

Many meetings professional participants were waiting to submit RFPs until they had more information about standards, protocols and guidelines. They believe current disparities in state and local guidelines , hotel policies , and company policies will make it difficult to evaluate and compare responses.

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COVID Testing 101 for Events

Event Farm

Now two years in we’re realizing our new normal and event planners fully recognize that their attendees’ health is a non-negotiable priority. If you are planning an event in a city with strict guidelines or the event host requires it, onsite testing is another option to keep staff and attendees safe. On-Site Testing for Events.