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The Women (and Men) Tell All: Third-Party Planners Edition

Connect Your Meetings

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. As an associate with HelmsBriscoe, I become part of my clients’ teams.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

Carbon neutrality, sustainable design, and eco/green themes are becoming the new event fad. Sustainability means more significant, bolder actions by more events and organizations in our industry. We’re talking about actions like: organic and sustainable food sourcing. The tides are turning. Go big or go home!

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.

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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

As a result, meeting planners are experiencing short-staffed partners and/or less experienced personnel servicing their meetings. This doesn’t mean you cannot deliver a quality experience to your audience, but labor challenges should be addressed realistically and factored into your planning process. Sustainability.