2023 Conference Contracts 
Smart Meetings
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Over the last year, Smart Meetings wrote about contract and budgeting tips and trends this year for the event planner who wants to keep on top of their financials, so they can keep creating memorable experiences. Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract Cheryl M. In short, think big.
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 18, 2023
I’m looking back on 2023. 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023. Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. In 2023, in-person is back! Though I love my work, it was nice to reduce the number of high-intensity workdays booked in 2023!
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Velvet Chainsaw
MARCH 15, 2023
IStock Photo by cyano66 Before the pandemic, one could argue that jobs with life-and-death consequences were surely more stressful than planning an annual conference. According to a study by the World Scholarship Vault , event planner stress levels are hitting a new high — the third-most stressful job in the world for 2023.
Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. FICP 2024 Annual Conference will be Nov. How fun is that?
Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
After the 2023 event in Austin, the planners from Event Strategy Group (ESG) looked towards the Pacific Northwest for the 2024 gathering, “Smarter AI for All.” With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs.
Velvet Chainsaw
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
To best prepare you, here are eight kinds of curveballs other meeting professionals have been thrown so far in 2022, with expectations extending into 2023— and how to deal with them. The meeting rooms you contracted for may have been double booked. What are some other ways you have dealt with staff shortages at your conferences?
Smart Meetings
AUGUST 2, 2024
Whether the playing field is national politics, a Southern California crime scene or a hotel contract negotiation, leading with love, empathy and respect is the fast track to building relationships across what might otherwise feel like unfathomable divides, according to keynote Corporal Ryan Tillman.
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