Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

Here’s what some organizers are asking for and getting: Pre-Event Content Marketing – Customized promotional video or interview, webinar, article contribution for newsletter, blog, podcast or magazine, social channel engagement. Develop a list of prioritized concessions (value adds), just like you would for hotel negotiations.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 17, 2025

Professor Tyra Warner on the latest risk factors in this uncertain year From force majeure to data protection, meeting professionals are trying to cover the unexpected in contracts during what could be a tumultuous year for business and the economy. Instead, she sees menu prices being guaranteed closer to meeting dates. in hospitality.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Hint: A new meeting pattern could help groups having a difficult time at the negotiating table. This article in Hotel News Now shows that the leisure market was the primary focus of the hotel executives on those panels.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Editor’s note : The lawyer quoted in this article is not providing legal advice. Now two years out from where we were at the pandemic’s genesis, one question continues to peck at the minds of meeting planners: “Can the fear of Covid be sufficient enough to trigger force majeure ?”. Who’s Got Jurisdiction?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2022

Editor’s note : This guest article is excerpted from the book, Event Success: Maximizing the Business Impact of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Experiences by Alon Alroy, Eran Ben-Shushan and Boaz Katz, which will be published by Wiley March 29. Read More : Harness the Power of Negotiation for Post-Covid Success. Evolutionary Changes.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Contract tips to keep in mind A quarter century into the second millennium, there are several things that remain constant: humans need food, water and shelter to survive; the law of gravity is still in play; and event contracts are still a necessity between meeting professionals and hospitality venues. We encourage you to book them.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 9, 2024

Tapping into women’s strengths for negotiation success We begin to learn the art of negotiation in childhood. As we grow, we begin to negotiate with our teachers, our coaches and our friends. And by the time we graduate from college, we realize everything in life is about negotiation. It is the power of HERsuasion.

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GEVME

MAY 21, 2018

In this article, you’ll find six fundamental lessons we’ve learned. Think about the ways to minimize expenses through sponsorships ; price negotiations; and partnerships with suppliers, vendors, or venue hosts. There are software solutions with free plans that can meet your event requirements. What is a corporate event budget?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 30, 2024

3 tips for events that meet goals and fit the budget As planners, we’re expected to deliver results while delighting our clients and staying on budget. They have the power to negotiate multiple concessions. For example: If you’re negotiating a contract in 2024 for a 2027 meeting, lock in menu pricing based on current prices.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 23, 2022

After two years of only designing and facilitating online meetings, I’m suddenly immersed in preparing for in-person meetings again. I find it tough preparing for meetings. Preparation seems to have no limits — except I know it must end as soon as the meeting starts. It’s stressful. Nervous excitement.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 24, 2023

Representing thousands of hotel workers in Southern California, Unite Here Local 11 calls for a boycott of the entire city by meetings and events. A few groups had already moved upcoming meetings out of hotels without a new union contract. A list of the union’s contract desires can be found in this MeetingsNet article.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 7, 2018

Research shows that women are often very good at negotiating on behalf of others, but are not as successful when negotiating for themselves. You can change that by preparing yourself to negotiate. Here are five simple steps that can empower you as a negotiator and increase your chances of getting what you deserve.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

In this article, we break down what event planning is. Planners work with vendors, suppliers, and venues to coordinate meal service, event staffing, negotiate pricing, and so much more. Event planners are coordinators, organizers, moderators, and professional negotiators. Negotiation. Networking.

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Start with these 7 ideas to negotiate a bigger events budget: 1.) Pro tip: Don’t try to gauge the outcome before trying to negotiate a bigger events budget because it might weaken your case. You’re all on the same team, but like any negotiation, whoever has the most knowledge usually has the most leverage. Click To Tweet.

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

At the same time, however, don’t be afraid to negotiate so that what you get out of it is fair for you. Please do us a little favor and share this post with others, for there’s a good chance that it will help them as they go about planning meetings and events. RELATED ARTICLES. Follow him on Twitter @DanCarthy2.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 10, 2023

For planners concerned about how strikes in Los Angeles or elsewhere could affect them, here’s some advice on negotiating stronger force majeure clauses. While no progress was reported in the negotiations between the hotels and union, front-desk agents, bellhops, cooks, servers, and other hotel employees reported back to work on July 5.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 9, 2021

How to build budgets and adapt them on the fly at a time when in-person and virtual meetings don’t yet have a clear path forward. As a result, Schwartz allowed in-person table discussions every 10 minutes while bringing remote attendees into Zoom breakout meetings so people could share their experiences related to the budgeting process.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 10, 2022

Planners and hoteliers weigh in on how to protect meetings from the labor crisis. In the meeting industry, the phrase “It’s a relationship business” is often bandied about. With food-and-beverage events in particular, tricky issues can come up (for specifics, see the article at bottom, "F&B Problems: Waiting for Waitstaff”). “If

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Jan Freitag, national director of hospitality for hotel-industry analyst CoStar, said in this article from SmartBrief that although further growth is expected in hotels’ revenue per available room in 2024 and 2025, hotels are worried about increased expenses. Labor costs are a significant driver of overall expenses.

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Attendease

JUNE 5, 2023

This is non-negotiable and should be considered a given to have access to. #6: Sharing this upfront will help the vendor tailor the solution to best meet your needs. Here are a few keys to training success: Live, online training on the new event management tool. Working with your partner should be a process to identify your journey.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So, how are speakers preparing for the future of meetings and events ? A beast that made the meetings and events industry obsolete overnight. But the meetings and events profession will be back. People will want to go to meetings and events because they are social creatures that crave personal connections. So, what now?

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SmartMeetings

MAY 8, 2023

. — Heather Mason is CEO of Caspian Agency , a senior fellow and instructor at San Diego State University and Smart Woman in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. This article appears in the May 2023 issue. You can subscribe to the magazine here. The post Meetings MBA: Budgets, Models and Forecasts appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2024

During his main-stage presentation titled “Mastering Site Inspections for Audiovisual and Production,” Frankel noted that “almost everything is negotiable before you sign the contract. An outside AV company often must meet “minimum insurance and indemnification requirements” that are not explicitly stated in the contract.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. We’ve been told that it’s not a force majeure event until the meeting starts. Beth Martino , Senior Manager of Meetings and Events, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Hubilo Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Negotiation. Negotiation is a valuable life skill. Whether it’s a discussion on budgets or timelines, with your clients or vendors, negotiation skills help you better at your job. Knowing how to negotiate well can help you gain confidence, get a fair deal, and improve your strategic planning. Assertiveness. Persuasion.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

What to do in advance and in the moment to meet your room block budget It seems simple. Book a block of rooms for meeting attendees based on the number of people and the times of the meetings. For example, does everyone sign up with enough advance notice to meet the hotel’s deadline? Just follow the formula, right?

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

To Do: Instead of a general, sweeping clause, negotiate what steps will be taken to keep information secure, such as locking the door, hiring security guards, keeping attendants out of the meeting, providing shredders for documentation and education of attendees about how they treat the information shared.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And what are some negotiation strategies that can help you get an incredible deal? Here are some signs that you just might be going down this slippery slope – and for the complete list and extra tips, make sure you check out the full article! Make sure you head onto the full article to read the complete list!

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. Hotels are now less likely to negotiate rental fees and other typically negotiable line items. Top Tips for Navigating the Healthcare Meeting Landscape. Good news: corporate travel and events are back! Plan (Much Farther!)

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2022

In addition to the executives at the convention center or hotel with whom you negotiate and execute the event—national sales reps, convention services managers, and chefs—you need to build trust with the audiovisual, destination management, and transportation companies that can make or break the experience.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

That way you can focus on tasks that need human input, like allocating resources and negotiating with sponsors. ” – Melissa Arnott, Show Manager, Canadian Meetings + Events Expo Director of Events, Newcom Media Inc. Sign up for a free demo of EventMobi today to see if the tool meets your unique needs.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 1, 2024

A meeting professional’s responsibilities are far reaching, but they haven’t typically required knowledge of the host hotel’s guest-room door keycard system. Meetings-industry attorney Joshua Grimes, Esq., And ask what brand they use, both for guest rooms and meeting space.” That’s changed. Grimes asks.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have the expertise to know what resorts and venues will work best for their specific needs, as well as our negotiating clout and global connections. ” Engage your DMC early—they might have existing relationships with hotels and venues in your desired destination and can help with negotiations.

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Expo Pass

MARCH 22, 2023

The surprises, the last-minute saves, and all of the people we’ve gotten to meet along the way. By the end of this article, you’ll feel ready to tackle the biggest, most high-class events in the biz! However, it’s also a good idea to negotiate some flexible terms, in case any unexpected things occur to cancel or postpone your event.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

You may have also recently seen our article about the recent acquisition of Encore Event Technologies by PSAV. And I think that’s a great conversation to have and we kind of in the article, which we’ll post in the show notes. You can negotiate these contracts. Brandt Krueger: All of that was negotiable.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This article will provide you with seven tips that meeting and event professionals need to create a memorable experience without breaking the bank as they plan upcoming business events. Ask the event sales staff for a booking date during a time where they need extra revenue and they may be willing to negotiate a deal.

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