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Interviews with Planners - Chivonne Hyppolite

Eventinterface

In your beaker, combine the elements: creativity, passion, experience and negotiation. Actually, add a bit more of negotiation for good measure - I mean who doesn’t love a good negotiator. Put on your lab coat and step into the Abstract Elements laboratory. What is the best advice you have ever received as a planner?

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Don’t Let a Weather Emergency Derail Your Event

SmartMeetings

Blizzard warnings are in effect for a large swath from eastern Pennsylvania to southern Maine. Although these contingencies can make negotiations a little more tricky, risk-averse planners may find that they are worth spending a little more time discussing. and as far east as Ohio.

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Smart Women 2017: Innovators

SmartMeetings

First job: Server in a small German restaurant in Pennsylvania. 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. Heather Reid. Job title: Founder and CEO.

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Smart Women 2017 – Innovators

SmartMeetings

First job: Server in a small German restaurant in Pennsylvania. 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. Heather Reid. Job title: Founder and CEO.

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Top Medical Conferences in 2019. Is it worth sending people to a healthcare summit?

Eventory

Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. You can also send your own research paper and become one of the speakers as the abstract submissions are still open. What : Digital Marketing in Healthcare Summit. When: May 21 – 22, 2019. What is it?

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and internationally bestselling author of Contagious , Invisible Influence , and The Catalyst. Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. Where to Find him? Jonah Berger Who is he?

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Best in Show: Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

Senior Event Manager, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), Philadelphia. Event Technology Manager, Advanced Staging Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania. But I would like to nominate Ricky for what he does for us outside of contract negotiation. Here are some of them. Convention Center Services. Elizabeth Hudock, CMP.

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