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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

State of the Market Based on the current state of the market, Payne has seen a shift occur due to the events that transpired during Covid-19. Read More : Gen Z Meeting Planners Navigate Post-Covid Job Market “It’s going to be difficult to contract with hotels or destinations that you want to be in for the foreseeable future.

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Money Talks: Defining an Event Budget

TicketBud

By delineating expenses across various categories such as venue, marketing, and entertainment, budgets help prioritize spending for maximum impact. This enables organizers to devise backup plans, forge partnerships, and negotiate favorable deals with vendors to ensure that the event stays on track throughout planning and execution.

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Event Contracts: Agree to Be Agreeable

SmartMeetings

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. Concessions Worth Asking For in 2024 As the market continues to be tight, planners don’t have quite as much power as they might in a down market, but experts are still finding areas where they can get some relief.

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Seven Strategies to Plan a Year of Events

TicketBud

It also reinforces marketing and branding initiatives geared toward creating cohesive messaging and consistent experiences for your audiences. This ensures better attendance and engagement from your audience and ample time for strategic marketing and promotion. Refer to your past year’s event analysis.

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Corporate Entertainment Contracts – The Good, Bad and Negotiable

Canadian Special Events

I always try to remind my clients about the fact that these riders are considered part of the legal binding contract and they are negotiable as long as we negotiate BEFORE SIGNING. Most of the contracts, big acts provide are what I would refer to as “boiler plate” – meaning built for these acts when they tour large venues.

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Getting More Value from Conference Keynote Speakers

Velvet Chainsaw

More quality options result in a buyer’s market…now and in the years ahead. As you evaluate speakers on this criteria, be sure to check references and video tape from the past 12 months. Post-Event Content Marketing – Participate in a scheduled replay. This is good news for planners. What to Look For. Optimizing ROI.

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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

Smart Meetings

In this webinar, hosted by Cvent’s Alyssa Peltier and Julie Haddox, share content’s relation to the event marketer and what creating compelling content really means. Harness the Power of Negotiation to Master Your Post-Covid Events Career. Negotiation is an essential skill in business, meetings and life.

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