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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Increase your visibility and share your knowledge: The call for speakers is now open for the MeetingsNet track at The Special Event. We invite you to submit an idea for an informative session, sharing meeting expertise or research that can help event professionals to succeed. The deadline for is June 16.

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Money Talks: Defining an Event Budget

TicketBud

Now, imagine showing up to the event, hearing that most speakers backed out after not getting paid, and then being asked to help cover the costs of the event’s outstanding hotel bill of $17,000. According to a recent Maritz Industry Trends Report , most meeting expenses are up over 20 percent since before the pandemic.

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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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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era

SmartMeetings

Meeting professionals today are risk managers. Hotels have been a little more flexible about attrition during Covid when the alternative is canceling, but this is always open to negotiation. Force majeure needs to include all three legal standards to protect the meeting planner. Reasonable Care.

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Top 5 Event Planning Courses for Planners

Event Planning BluePrint

With over 10 event planning courses to choose from, QC Events School can meet your specific needs. . The New Playbook for In-Person Events: Enhancing the Experience While Managing the Risk. When Virtual meets In-Person: How to run a successful Hybrid Event. Negotiating with Vendors. contract negotiations, and.