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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

Social Tables

When you start planning an event, one of the first things you should do is figure out your event planning timeline. This way, you’ll be sure to meet important deadlines, stay within budget, and coordinate multiple parties smoothly. What is a long-term event planning timeline?

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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

Social Tables

Planners may rely on one or two vendors for smaller events, like a business luncheon, while food vendors may make up as much as 5% of the total attendee count at massive outdoor events (e.g., Some of the most sought-after event vendors include: Venue managers. Willing to collaborate In event planning, teamwork is everything.

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Best Venue Management Software of 2021: Reviews of the Top 4 Solutions

Planning Pod

We also provide at-a-glance dashboards and reports so that you can always have a 30,000 foot view of everything going on with your leads and event bookings, from unsigned contracts and overdue tasks to new incoming leads and recent payments. Easy-to-build proposals, contracts and BEOs … with electronic signatures.

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Wedding venue management software: How we saved Hidden Barn Venue from spreadsheet paralysis and saved them 62 hours a month

Planning Pod

Build colorful, detailed event proposals with unlimited line items, categories, image galleries and pricing details as well as detailed banquet event orders that pull related data from other areas of the application. Create online legal contracts and track electronic signatures with contract management tools.

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I Just Completed the First Meeting & Event Management Master’s Program in North America—Here’s What I Learned

SmartMeetings

My event management company was hit hard, and I was hindered after having contracted COVID-19 myself (it’s no joke—take it from a long-hauler still feeling the effects a year later). I used the capstone project, combined with input from a mentor gained in the program, to successfully position my business for virtual events.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

“It should be really obvious that we aren’t just order takers,” she said, putting the enhanced role of the corporate meeting professional in perspective. “We We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Choices, Choices.

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The QC Event School Master List of Blog Resources

QC Event School

Online Learning & QC Event School Student Resources If You’re Thinking of Enrolling Event Planning Courses: Online vs. In-Class Are Online Event Planning Classes Right for YOU? Why Should I Choose Online Wedding Planning Courses Over In-Person Classes? Is QC Event School Accredited?: