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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

During the virtual session, the speakers shared their candid thoughts and approach to the different components within the playbook, and below is the recap of the discussion. The panelists offered tips about negotiating with venues and vendors: . Pay extra attention to indemnification and insurance policies. Mask monitoring.

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The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist

Guidebook

From picking a venue and speakers to ensuring you’ve sent out thank you notes and running a post-event debrief, there’s a lot to think about. Look into associated costs like food and beverage, AV, and parking – are these included, where can you negotiate? Will you have paid speakers, performers, or special guests?

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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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The Complete Checklist to Hosting an Event

Eventtia

You’ll have more options, whether it’s the venue, speakers, date/time, and you’ll also have more time to promote the event and to deal with any issues that may come up. Whether you can serve alcohol, accessibility concerns, whether you’ll need to get additional insurance, can you bring your own catering, etc.

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Meeting and Event Planning Professional Development Series by Eventinterface

Eventinterface

Planners now need to be marketers, product managers, negotiation and contract specialists, security experts, digital media and technical whizzes. The workshops are presented virtually and you can watch it live and interact with other attendees and the speakers. Sponsorship and increasing event revenue in the age of technology.

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Hot Tips for Planning a Private Event

SmartMeetings

Sponsorship. More : 8 Essentials for a Killer Sponsorship Strategy. Also make sure you budget for event insurance—and check for indemnification clauses in your contract with the venue. Presenters and Speakers. How do you find a great speaker? How do you find a great speaker? Here are some key steps.

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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

Better contract negotiations. We have implemented a risk-management manual to our events and we have purchased more event insurance for better protection. We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. •