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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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

Transparency is an asset when negotiating with vendors Incentive packages have greatly improved over the years in both quality and customization. Using transparency in your negotiation process isn’t just appropriate, it is often expected, as many vendors offer a surprising amount of flexibility.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Instead of morphing your event goals around the venue’s rules, approach your venue with a list of non-negotiables. Here’s how your event goals can (and should) change your venue contract in those areas.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

I will break down the best ways to save money in an event AV contract without compromising your event. Through the extremely valuable web session conducted by Jon Trask, I will break down some key savings opportunities in an event AV contract. Ultimately, educate yourself before you make a decision for your event. Be Specific.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

They negotiate for higher wages, improved benefits including retirement plans and family healthcare, job training, due process and safety concerns. more on average than their similarly educated and experienced non-union counterparts. In San Francisco, there are 60 properties with solid union contracts that are not at risk for striking.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2024

Planners: Do not sign venue contracts for event production, electrical services, internet access, and support services until you read the full document—especially if you are bringing in an outside audiovisual company for the event, which usually results in extra conditions and raises prices for certain elements.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 22, 2018

And if you don’t understand the quote, it can be tricky to know how to negotiate on the price , or if you hold any power to negotiate whatsoever! Get started with negotiating AV prices by: Learning AV lingo. If you don’t see that piece of equipment on site, then you are in good standing to negotiate with your vendor.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

First, you negotiated your way out of every contract with minimal exit fees, then for a split second you converted everything to hybrid (with no additional budget), and then transitioned from hybrid to virtual, where we thankfully stayed for a red-hot minute. Increasing Efforts on Client Education.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 26, 2025

Vague contracts and proposals: Lack of specific details and clear boundaries leaves room for client interpretation. Heres how to do it: Crystal-clear contracts and proposals Your contract and initial proposal serve as the foundational pillars in your fight against event scope creep.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

We are bringing the world to the nation’s capital to focus on education, learning and commitment. Washington Convention Center, with new educational offerings on the expo floor. Look for insights on budgeting, negotiations, what motivates attendees, legislation impacting the industry and how to give people what they want. “AI

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Contract and Negotiation Tips. We skipped to the good part—Negotiating Rooms: Cancellation, Attrition, Rebooking and Reselling — where the big idea is planning for contingencies. They even flew in some of the rovers for people to see.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

Oftentimes, conferences include keynote speakers and workshop sessions, each designed to educate attendees. That said, conventions also aim to educate attendees via speeches, panels, and workshops. These aim to educate attendees on tech ideas and products while also encouraging networking. Might we suggest EventMobi?

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

In the fifth of FICP’s new virtual education series, Financial & Insurance Professionals (FICP) Chats, more than 200 participants explored how to book group business for future meetings, including immediate adjustments for events, and how those were not being written into RFPs for the long-term. Uncertainty Persists in the Short Term.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

If you can’t get the hotel concessions your stakeholders are expecting, it’s in your best interest to educate them about the current landscape. Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. Here’s how one meeting professional does it. Where does that leave planners?

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

Problem clauses to consider fixing or downright excluding Sometimes, in an attempt to cover all of our bases by including every conceivable contract clause, we trap ourselves in the outfield with confusing and unenforceable language that leads only to lawsuits and court cases. Lowest Rate Every contract is a futures agreement.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

They help educate, promote, get work done and reward or celebrate the workplace. 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. This sometimes results in a more expensive event contract than if you were to start with one of the pre-designed packages.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 25, 2020

Understanding things like event-insurance fine print and which areas of operation hotels get group revenue from will help planners become better at contracting and negotiating. This article from Reuters has more details on the postponement-clause fine print in those event-insurance contracts.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2019

Education Is Key. Much like everything in life, the more educated you are on a matter, the better you’ll do. We had to do it as far as we had to start putting it in our contract because even though this stuff is pretty common across AV companies, people would always be shocked”, says Will. Be Creative!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Whether you do actually use my competitor whoever it is, my biggest thing is I just want to make sure planners are aware of what’s going on in the AV world, understanding education about AV. You can negotiate these contracts. Brandt Krueger: All of that was negotiable. Planners that know how to negotiate.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. Another area requiring flexibility and constant communication: service levels.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With a computer and internet connection, you have access to a world of education. In your spare time, turn your attention to a virtual meetings education. Of course, a host of continuing education and certification courses are available for the meeting and events industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 12, 2024

Taking place on 19-20 June, The Meetings Show features a jam-packed programme with a stellar line up of meeting and event suppliers from across the globe, a thought-provoking education programme, and countless networking opportunities. There is something for everyone, whether just starting out in the industry or a senior leader.

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EventMB

MAY 18, 2022

We’ve become copywriters, digital marketing experts, and contract negotiation gurus. The brands and associations need education and conversation with peers, and the opportunity to discover new suppliers. And yet we still have to review the BEOs (banquet event orders) to make sure that the breaks are timed appropriately.

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Arlo Training & Events Software

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Step Two: Dont Overlook the Value of Education In an industry as complex and rapidly evolving as construction, continual learning is non-negotiable. VICAs educational offerings help members stay current, understand legislative changes, adopt new technologies, and hone leadership and management skills.

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Event Industry News

MAY 7, 2020

Today also marks the unveiling of the first two islands on PlanetIMEX – Education Island and Community Island. EduMonday Live on Monday 11 May has been designed to give the business events industry the chance to engage, totally free of charge, in a range of carefully curated education sessions led by 40 expert speakers.

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Eventinterface

MAY 2, 2017

This is followed by an educational session for which attendees receive CEU credits. Educational sessions vary and can include topics such as contract negotiations, risk mitigation, and others. Partners also participate in educational workshops.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

These are the secrets you need to know after the contract has been signed to ensure everything goes according to plan. Together, we educated guests on the journey from farm or wildlife to the table. Staff training: Educate your staff about common dietary restrictions and how to answer questions about ingredients accurately.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 2, 2017

However, as is the case when contracting with any meeting venue, think about what you are committing to before you sign the contract. Here are some questions that Grimes says planners should ask when contracting with cruise lines: • What is included and what’s extra? Try to give yourself some room to negotiate, he suggests. •

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Event Industry News

APRIL 17, 2019

Industry leaders help create educational content for the online community. Paired with limited educational and training options, unprotected and inexperienced individuals operating as ‘professionals’ bring unnecessary risk to event hosts and lower the professional value while adding to the guesswork for the customer. .

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 27, 2020

Online education is the fastest way to master skills from the convenience of your laptop while earning credits toward your CMP and hearing from experts in the field,” said Howard Givner, founder and CEO of Event Leadership Institute (ELI), which has partnered with Smart Meetings to offer Smart U, Meeting Professional Masterclasses.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Before we get into the formal education side, we have to acknowledge that event planners need to have a set of particular soft skills. Their curriculums typically consist of courses, such as experience design, event marketing, event financing, venue management, agreement negotiating, and more.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

How would you handle an unanticipated budget increase of $40,000 because the venue’s contract had fine print that dictated your client had to use the in-house preferred supplier for all breakout rooms? Being able to work with your own preferred AV supplier begins with negotiating solid and comprehensive language into the venue contract.

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Eventmobi

JULY 13, 2023

These event speakers promote a more inclusive and equitable workplace, educating your team on the importance and benefits of diversity. Get contracts signed. A signed contract helps protect both parties and outlines expectations clearly. Now it’s time to negotiate! Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) advocates.

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Eventinterface

JULY 14, 2016

Don’t bother yourself with learning the hotel language, use a company like HelmsBriscoe to help with negotiating and contracting – it will save you lots of time. I know that I’m successful when my client at the end of the year tells me that I saved the company X dollars through negotiating and careful contracting.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Destination Management Company, for example, knows the local suppliers well and are much better positioned to negotiate on your behalf. You may be surprised to know that a 3rd party planner does not necessarily mean an increase in the budget. Sometimes it’s the exact opposite.

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