Conference Planning and Negotiating

10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. It should connect all the phases of conference planning, prevent unforeseen obstacles and set a solid foundation for the conference’s success.

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Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts

Key Vendor Service-Level Expectations

Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 25, 2023

Planner frustrations include: Late assignment — or recurring turnover — of key project managers Unexpected increases in expenses Lack of empowerment to negotiate or problem-solve Unacceptable response times No clear escalation path for service recovery As for vendors, many face headwinds as they work to rebuild their service delivery teams.

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Negotiating 2023 Financial Management

Conference Management: What Event Organizers Need to Know

Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

Make sure it’s enough to cover conference management software, a venue (for in-person events), speaker fees, marketing campaigns, event workers, AV equipment, and whatever else you need. Assemble Your Conference Planning Team You’re not going to plan your conference all alone, are you? We hope not!

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Making the Moment: The Art of Creating Events That Drive Results

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The Market Shifts That Led to Commission Cuts

Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

rebates negotiated by a CVB/DMO to win business. loyalty-plan costs for the group, third party, and attendee — everyone has their hand in the points pot. The problem is that the commission model has been tarnished by similar payments to non-third-parties or made for other reasons. housing-reservation fees.

Marketing

Marketing Hotels Negotiating 2017

Conference Planning Seattle – Here We Come…

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

Conference Planning Seattle – So Much to See and Do…. A conference planners dream. The best bet when conference planning in Seattle is to work with an event and convention planning company that will work with you and get you on the right path. Conference Planning Seattle – ENTCO International.

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Conference Planning Conference Hospitality Site Selections

Take Your Conference Full Frontal

Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 20, 2017

aligning the conference purpose and value with your organization’s strategy, employing future-focused programming, designing learning experiences not content distribution. Higher order thinking skills—those you take for granted—like. stem from your frontal lobe.

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Conference Negotiating Marketing Management

Conference Planning Resources – It’s All About the Planning

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

Once the organization has established the reasons, objectives and goals for the conference, the meeting planner gets going, plotting, designing and mapping out the blueprint to organize all the components of the meetings and conference. Conference Planning Resources – Why oh WHY!? Wondering how to plan a conference?

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Conference Planning Conference Site Selections Negotiating

10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. It should connect all the phases of conference planning, prevent unforeseen obstacles and set a solid foundation for the conference’s success.

Conference

Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts

Conference Planner and Conference Planning – What’s It All About?

Master the Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In general, the success of every meeting and conference starts with the experience, skills and organization of the conference planner. The job of a conference planner takes time, energy, hard work and can be an overwhelming responsibility. Conference Planner and Conference Planning – So Many Hats Upon One Little Head!

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Conference Planning Conference Negotiating Education

Conference Planner and Conference Planning – What’s It All About?

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

In general, the success of every meeting and conference starts with the experience, skills and organization of the conference planner. The job of a conference planner takes time, energy, hard work and can be an overwhelming responsibility. Conference Planner and Conference Planning – So Many Hats Upon One Little Head!

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Conference Planning Conference Negotiating Education

Renegotiating Live Event Agreements When All Parties Are Innocent Victims

Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

Although each situation has its own unique issues, we hope you find nuggets to help you with your disruption response and planning. This is the third in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising dozens of our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19.

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Contracts 2009 Hotels 2020

it’s time to start planning your january kick off

SevenEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2022

finding the right venue is fundamental to a successful event and that’s exactly why you should use an experienced agency to source and negotiate the best rates. conference planning. planning your conference can seem a little overwhelming, so we’re here to support you in every way we can.

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Negotiating Conference Planning 2023 Conference

Here Are Endless’ Greatest Hits!

Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2020

Negotiating Event WiFi is another. Watch our webinar on How to Negotiate Hotel WiFi! ?? Your All-Out Guide to Conference Planning. How to Build “The Dream Event Planning Team”. ?? The Best of the Best: Of the Best: Endless’ Greatest Hits: Our Most Helpful and Influential Event Blog Posts of All Time.

Sponsorships

Sponsorships Negotiating 2019 2020

Is there a conference guide that doesn’t suck (and doubles as an attendee traffic analyzer)?

Eventory

AUGUST 7, 2018

Last but not least, conference planning may become much more intuitive due to the fact that attendees are able to add their event sessions to the calendar which is accessible on their mobile device. I know, that event meeting planning is a complex issue. Event planning is often a stressful and time-consuming process.

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Conference Hotels Corporate Events Negotiating

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Perfect Conference Venue

Endless Events

MAY 10, 2018

Negotiating with the venue and understanding exactly what you are going to get for your money is vital. Not having enough food or drink will make your guests agitated and unhappy. Having excessive food can break your budget. C onference venues often have food packages included or as an extra option.

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Conference Venues Entertainment Transportation

The Cost of Conscience

PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

Meanwhile, before the Governing Council made a final decision, Robin Hayes, CMP, ACA’s senior director of conference planning and professional education, prepared a blind RFP and sent it to cities that had recently bid on the conference. “I They were very much a minority, but we heard all sides.”.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. He is most known for writing a compelling book on SaaS sales, “Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization: How to Design, Build and Scale a Customer-Centric Sales Organization” Oren Klaff Who is he?

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