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Goldenvoice names Mark Girton head of Special Events for Empire Polo Club

Event Industry News

The former General Manager of Blossom Music Center in Ohio (under House of Blues Concerts/Live Nation), Girton joined AEG Presents in 2008 as the original General Manager for The Novo, located at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. In 2017 he was named SVP of Special Events at AEG Presents, which involved overseeing 45 venues nationwide.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE

It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009. How did you feel?

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. Demand continues to outpace supply of meetings-eligible hotels.

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The Top 20 Event Planning Books to Read Right Now

GEVME

Boring Meetings Suck: Get More out of Your Meetings, or Get out of More Meetings by Jon Petz. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In , by Roger Fisher, William L. This book is one of the best tools for the practice of business negotiation. Ury, Bruce Patton.

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Preparing for a Leaner Commission World

SmartMeetings

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” The industry grew as the economy improved and even thrived during a short buyer’s market in 2008, according to Smith. The post Preparing for a Leaner Commission World appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Preparing for a Leaner Commission World

SmartMeetings

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” The industry grew as the economy improved and even thrived during a short buyer’s market in 2008, according to Smith. The post Preparing for a Leaner Commission World appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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The best pharma event management companies in 2023

SpotMe Blog

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Pharma meeting planners are experts in social media marketing, email campaigns, media partnerships, and more to maximize HCP attendance and participation. They can often negotiate better deals and availability.