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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004. In 2004, the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) became the first convention center to be LEED-certified. Anaheim Convention Center (ACC) offers up 1.8 million sq. With over 475,000 sq.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004. In 2004, the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) became the first convention center to be LEED-certified. Anaheim Convention Center (ACC) offers up 1.8 million sq. With over 475,000 sq.

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Fundamental Event Planning Tips: These Never Go Out of Style

Guidebook

“Best practices” and “event planning tips” come in all shapes and sizes. Here at Guidebook, we share a lot of strategies for planners from tech tools to try, sponsor package ideas , and specific event marketing timelines. While we work to include these in our plans every time, they can be easy forget.

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Scared to Make Your Event Planning Dreams Come True?

Event Planning BluePrint

” And in the beginning, when I started my event business in 2004, I wasn’t sure which direction to go. I really had to listen and trust what I wanted from my life and career – even if I was scared to make my event planning dreams come true. Make Your Event Planning Dreams Come True. Here’s how….

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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

Smart Meetings

A 14-year hospitality and events veteran, she has also been event planning manager and executive housekeeper at Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. In 2004, Lloyd joined her current DMO and served most recently as its housing services manager. Jessica Candy. Avi Phookan, CHBA.

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10 Step Event Planning Business Plan

Event Planning BluePrint

Business advice and creating an event planning business plan can be booooring, and IMO you want to create a business so you’re having fun. I am not the person who is going to tell you to sit down for the next 3-12 months to fill out pages and pages of a (very dull) event planning business plan.

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How to Choose Your Event Niche

Event Planning BluePrint

I started my event planning business in 2004 from my kitchen table with less than $500 and very little experience. Prior to that, I volunteered for nonprofit organizations and planned a few promotional events for the company I worked for. Because here’s the thing…. I mean, you have to pay the bills, right?

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