SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

They can often negotiate better deals and availability. Here are 3 benefits of working with a professional pharma event management company: Access to resources Pharma event management companies have established relationships with top venues, caterers, A/V companies, and other vendors. Get our comprehensive list of event production companies.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 13, 2022

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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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

W hen Geralyn Krist, CMP, CTA, put in a request to start working from home in 2008, she’d been in convention sales with Visit KC for six years. When she came back 15 years later, she negotiated a flexible schedule of working from the office and from home. We set them up with a laptop and a portal, so they’re always online with us.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Screen time per day has more than doubled since 2008. From the proposal through setup, personalization needs to be at the heart of how you communicate, negotiate, and create a meetings product. There is a rising preference for independent, quirky, unique venues that often don’t offer commission and will not negotiate T&Cs.”.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

She was Chair of the Marketing Committee for MPI’s European Meetings & Events Conference, London (2008), has served on the Board of the MPI UK Chapter, the MPI International Multicultural Committee and on PCMA’s Global and Advocacy Taskforces. Throughout her career, Carina has been an active member of the events industry.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. In 2008 Time Magazine named Michael “One of the World’s 100 most influential people”. Over 200,000 event professionals downloaded his books. His venture investments include Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest. Where to find him?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In 2008 Time Magazine named Michael “One of the World’s 100 most influential people”. Over 200,000 event professionals downloaded his books. Michael Arrington most recently Co-Founded CrunchFund after leading TechCrunch to a successful exit with AOL. His venture investments include Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest. Where to find him?

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 10, 2020

Meanwhile, many venues who’ve been financially gutted these past months will still need to lock in guaranteed revenue to reserve dates and room blocks, resulting in a protracted contract negotiation process over cancellation and force majeure clauses. Virtual events have no such concerns and offer clients a far more risk-free option.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

IAPCO always has a community-service component at its Annual Meeting and General Assembly — from 2008, when 40 members planted 40 trees in Auckland, New Zealand, to celebrate the organization’s 40th anniversary, to this past year, when members built a water-efficient, self-sustaining garden for a community in Cape Town, South Africa.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

From stories about fax machines to photos of 3D projection mapping, from advice about negotiating piles of paperwork to a roundtable discussion among female CEOs, we’ve gone from serving an industry in its infancy to one that has come of age. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” November 2008.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. You probably know that Cleveland bid on the 2008 Republican National Convention. You have this partner that you both want the same thing and a great convention, but you come at it from very different points of view.

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