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The Ultimate Guide to Venue Booking: Narrow Down Your Venue Options

GEVME

PRO TIP : Instead of reading reviews on the venue’s social media handles or website, check Google Reviews instead. Discuss the policies and identify the areas of negotiation. Different venues have different sets of guidelines and policies for hosting an event. The first impression is the last impression.

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How to Prepare for the Next Crisis: Event Insurance Tips

SmartMeetings

Make sure that the policy you purchase will cover cancellations due to Covid-19. Many policies don’t cover event organizers in the event of a cancellation due to a communicable disease. You may also want to look at what customers are saying on Twitter or other social media sites. What exactly is covered by the policy?

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Work-Life Balance for Wedding Planners 

The Planner's Lounge

This might be a policy that says all communication is through phone and email to avoid a continuous text conversation. For solo planners, consider outsourcing business functions like accounting or social media management to free up time. Delegate Tasks: If you have a team, delegating tasks is necessary.

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trends in event management – what’s hot and what’s not

SevenEvents

event managers are actively finding ways to promote diversity among attendees, as well as implementing inclusive policies and practices throughout the planning process. ignoring diversity and inclusion: in today’s diverse world, inclusivity is non-negotiable. this includes everything from venue selection to catering choices.

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Event Planning Checklist for Small, Medium, and Large Events [2019 Update]

EventBank Insights

Gather Your Speaker Bios, Headshots, social media accounts, etc This will be used on marketing materials to help give credibility to the content providers of your event. ? Inquire if the venue has F&B capacities or policies ? Publish Blogs online to share on social media ? Always reach out to media and press ?

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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

MeetingsNet

Here are some action items and ideas that you can implement at whatever stage of your meeting you are in, from Choosing a Location or Venue, to negotiating The Contract , or creating a Communications Policy. So, in 2019 let’s commit to following Tyra Hilliard’s advice, “To begin with, do one thing. Then one more.” .

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2018 40 Under 40: Jim Clapes

Connect Your Meetings

Jim Clapes, 37, works in New York City as conference and events manager at the Drug Policy Alliance. What I do: I am directly responsible for the planning and management of the biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference, annual staff Retreat and 20 to 30 additional organizational events throughout the year.

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