SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: Using my specialized knowledge to negotiate venue contracts that protect event hosts from undue risk and financial exposure, and to set their events up for success, is what excites me most. Michele DeClerck, CMP. Heather Reid.

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2017 Contracts Negotiating Meetings 82

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: Using my specialized knowledge to negotiate venue contracts that protect event hosts from undue risk and financial exposure, and to set their events up for success, is what excites me most. Michele DeClerck, CMP. Heather Reid.

2017 72

2017 Contracts Negotiating Tech 72

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau, Iowa. To see the results, whether I’m negotiating, conducting programs or leading a training session, it’s important to always do my best. Best work trick I’ve learned: To look for possibility in change. Vicki Comegys. I’m my biggest competitor.

2017 75

2017 Hospitality Hotels Meetings 75

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau, Iowa. To see the results, whether I’m negotiating, conducting programs or leading a training session, it’s important to always do my best. Best work trick I’ve learned: To look for possibility in change. Vicki Comegys. I’m my biggest competitor.

2017 40

2017 Hospitality Hotels Sports 40

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 15, 2024

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. You’re almost certainly in it.) More details on state laws can be found at DataGuidance.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

Like the guy from red Iowa chatting over lunch with the woman from blue New York. Teams build bicycles for underprivileged kids, with a catch: The parts are mixed up between different teams, so each group negotiates with the other to successfully build the bikes. And that leads to unexpected interactions.

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