SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So, how are speakers preparing for the future of meetings and events ? A beast that made the meetings and events industry obsolete overnight. Then, I wondered, what my speaker friends were doing in quarantine. But the meetings and events profession will be back. However, this is a different animal.

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Eventinterface

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Countless multilingual business meetings, conferences and events are conducted around the world daily, the success of which largely depends on attendees understanding each other. If you are hosting a multilingual meeting, conference or event, it is important to keep in mind how critical it is to get the participants' messages across.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 7, 2018

Research shows that women are often very good at negotiating on behalf of others, but are not as successful when negotiating for themselves. You can change that by preparing yourself to negotiate. Here are five simple steps that can empower you as a negotiator and increase your chances of getting what you deserve.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 9, 2019

The fine print for negotiating win-win agreements. In a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “ A Legal Guide to Partnering with Suppliers ,” Lisa Sommer Devlin, a 25-year veteran hospitality contracts lawyer, shared key insights into negotiating win-win agreements with suppliers. Following are her tips for mastering contracts.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Master planner consultants offer 6 tips for negotiating your next corporate event Does this sound familiar? Smart Meetings asked two veteran independent meeting professionals : ConferenceDirect Vice President Carolyn Poole and Bravo! Read More : Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World 2.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event. Here are some tips for managing corporate event planning across multiple teams and stakeholders: Create a master project plan with milestones, deliverables, and deadlines. Build in buffer time for inevitable delays.

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Endless Events

APRIL 4, 2023

Whether you’re hosting a training, conference, product launch, board meeting, peer dinner, or investigator meeting, high-quality pharmaceutical events can put your business on the map. From balancing a budget to finding the perfect venue and speakers, you’ve got to juggle a lot to put on an all-star event. What is the purpose?

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Register for “How to Negotiate Wi-Fi Prices” webinar. Wi-Fi fees are negotiable and there are ways to cut costs! From simple steps to negotiation tips, he lays it all out there. Learn how to negotiate Wi-Fi costs within conference centers and hotels. Learn tips to make your Wi-Fi safe and secure.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Pick your battles.

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Eventsforce

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Want tips on running successful virtual events? The sudden shift to virtual events has created many challenges for planners – especially when it comes to managing remote speakers. But, just how difficult is speaker engagement when it comes to virtual events? And what can you do, to work effectively with your speakers?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

A keynote speaker that connects with the audience can be the difference between an event that is memorialized in tweets and snaps for years to come and one that is forgotten before the pen in the swag bag runs out of ink. By locating the right keynote speaker , you’re ensuring an entertaining and informative event. Negotiating 101.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 24, 2018

Register for “How to Negotiate AV Prices for Events” Having great audiovisual is expected at events, but the prices can sometimes be unexpected. As more planners look for high-quality AV for their meetings, negotiating the right price is sometimes the deciding factor for them when it comes to booking a hotel or convention center.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

On the heels of multiple studies showing that event professionals are increasingly being asked to do more with less, Smart Meetings asked a veteran planner for tips on how to create “wow” on a budget. Most properties will negotiate for a lower price if they can lock in the business for two or three years. Contracting.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Have you ever gone to a conference meeting where the room set up didn’t really match the format of the meeting? It can be uncomfortable and can really take your mind off of the meeting at hand. How to plan a conference meeting room set up basically depends on what’s going to happen during the conference meeting itself.

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Register for “Advanced Hotel Negotiations, From the Hotel Side” To be a more effective negotiator, meeting planners will learn how hotels evaluate their businesses and manage their inventory of space, rates and dates. Pritzker Award for Excellence. Website: contactplan.com.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 19, 2021

When you are planning for an inspiring event, you probably don’t want to imagine the possibility of your hard work going to waste, but the pandemic illustrated why it’s important to prepare for the chance that your meeting may need to be canceled due to circumstances completely outside your control. Here are some vital event insurance tips.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Close your eyes and imagine you are in charge of your organization’s annual meeting. You’ve decided to get an outside speaker or two, and you want to make sure you get the right speakers for your meeting, at the right price. Share a Speaker. It’s going to be a big affair. Here are some things to consider.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. Read More : Why AI Might Mean Salvation for the Meeting Industry Payne believes in creating a custom contract for each client that addresses all hotel fees and surcharges.

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Expo Pass

MARCH 22, 2023

The surprises, the last-minute saves, and all of the people we’ve gotten to meet along the way. We’ve got a list of event tips to make your first event run perfectly. Use that to make decisions about advertisement, venue design, speaker selection, and even catering. Pro tip: Never assume something is included in the base price.

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SevenEvents

MAY 26, 2023

to help you navigate the event planning process with ease, the experts from seven events, a UK event management company, have compiled a list of ten invaluable tips from our UK experts. collaborate with trusted vendors to negotiate favourable pricing and consider alternative options to maximise your budget. to find out more.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

There are a lot of steps you can take to ensure you understand WiFi and tips to guide you when planning for event WiFi. We have compiled our 10 best tips for how to make sure you have the best event WiFi. Livestream or have speakers? This article will give you the tools you need to find the best event WiFi on your own.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2024

Suppliers hosted meeting professionals at intimate tables of five, and everyone had a chance to interact and get to know one another. “It Four-time cancer survivor Courtney Clark shared tips for reaching even the most ambitious milestones when life doesn’t go as hoped. The Success-Energy Equation Michelle Cederberg Feeling burnt out?

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ePly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

That’s what we are going to give you here, along with some effective presentation techniques and other hot tips and tricks that will save you loads of time and money. Gathering and confirming your speakers, etc. Negotiating your vendor pricing (get everything in writing). What Is an Event Proposal?

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Guidebook

JULY 17, 2016

“Best practices” and “event planning tips” come in all shapes and sizes. If there’s one event planning tips article you read this year, let it be this one! We asked 5 industry professionals from all ends of the spectrum to give us their top event planning tips. The takeaway event planning tip?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

You’ll want to be sure meeting your goal is best served by a live event before you decide to put one on. Here are Skyline Exhibits’ tips on what to double-check, from start to finish. Presenters and Speakers. How do you find a great speaker? National Speaker’s Association and speakers bureaus are also great resources.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 28, 2017

Need to hire an event planner or meeting planner? Today we share top tips by professional planners to successfully hire an event planner for your events. Professional planners must work with speakers, attendees, and other vendors. Read reviews about the planners you want to hire written by previous speakers, vendors, or clients.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If I talk less, I can be better at negotiating.’ One way to remedy this, Lyons suggested, is for speakers to intentionally “solicit input from the women in the meeting who maybe are reluctant to speak up.” RELATED: Dan Lyons’ 5 Practical Tips for Successful Conversations Michelle Russell is editor in chief of Convene.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 8, 2017

Convene podcast host Ashley Milne-Tyte talks to Katie Orenstein, the founder and CEO of The Op-Ed Project, about why it can be a struggle to get diverse speakers and why it’s worth the effort. . She understands everyone wants brilliant speakers at their events. .” — Katie Orenstein, founder and CEO of The Op-Ed Project. .

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Women dominate the meetings industry — yet, as Convene’s 2016 Salary Survey revealed, there’s a pay gap between men and women of almost 25 percent. Even female meeting professionals who are very successful at negotiating for their companies and clients probably don’t get the same results for themselves, Laschever says.

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Socio Events

JULY 27, 2021

We handle questions from your staff, speakers, exhibitors, and attendees, so you can focus on running your event! Your hybrid event technology, health and safety measures, and on-site event design are non-negotiables, but there are a few more elements to consider. Meeting Tomorrow covered three hybrid event AV setup examples.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

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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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 24, 2018

One of the oldest tricks in the event professional’s bag is booking a big-name speaker to get people in the seats. Nancy Lauterbach, co-founder of Michigan-based RedPropeller Speakers Bureau, stresses the importance of doing due diligence on everything from accusations of sexual or other misconduct to inappropriate social media activity.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Congresses, medical standalones, cycle meetings, speaker training, town halls – the possibilities for in-person events are endless in the pharmaceutical industry. You can see demonstrations, ask questions, and engage with speakers and other attendees. Get quotes from different vendors and negotiate the best deals.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 25, 2021

Meeting professionals today are risk managers. Pro-tip : Pay close attention to whether guest-room attrition is based on room nights or revenue. Hotels have been a little more flexible about attrition during Covid when the alternative is canceling, but this is always open to negotiation. Reasonable Care.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 22, 2023

Since then, Parker has become a leading thinker, writer, and speaker on gatherings, exploring — throughout the months and years of the pandemic —what it means to meet with purpose online and what could change when we would get to meet again in person. And how we close — the last 5 percent of a meeting — really matters.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 10, 2018

Planning and executing international meetings presents a multitude of variables and challenges that meeting planners do not encounter on the domestic front. During this one-hour webinar, you’ll: Understand today's trends that impact international meeting management. Moderator Sue Pelletier Content Director, MeetingsNet.

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