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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. The solution?

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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

Smart Meetings

There’s a lot of information out there about how to better your career as a meeting professional. Throughout the year, Smart Meetings has invited professionals from different corners of the event planning world to impart their knowledge. One Step Ahead, Predicting the Future of Event Technology.

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Hurricane Hurdles: Is Your Event Contract Well Prepared?

MeetingsNet

The good news: No large events were at the riverfront Tampa Convention Center ( below, with hotels at back right ) at that time. found themselves in Debby’s crosshairs, as did a few event groups in those cities. She advises that planners make sure that their hotel contracts do not calculate attrition on a nightly or per-night basis.

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Convincing Stakeholders to Hold Live or Hybrid Events is Planners’ Top Concern

PCMA Convene

Global DMC Partners (GDP) , a global network of independently owned DMCs and creative event experts, held a virtual open forum , “The Meeting Planner’s New Reality in the ‘New Normal,’” on June 24. More than 700 meeting and event professionals from around the world registered. Catherine Chaulet. 64 percent), the U.K. (10

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Meeting-Negotiation Essentials: F&B, AV, and More

MeetingsNet

7 business-event pros weigh in on how to get what you need in an event contract and stay on budget. A few key tips: Make F&B events value-added experiences and understand what “exclusive AV provider” really means. Sound familiar? Read every line closely” and be prepared to clarify or alter terms.

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What Do You Like Best About Your Job?

PCMA Convene

What makes one meeting professional happy may not be another’s cup of tea. Which is pretty good news: There are a different ways to find fulfillment in the business-events industry. . Bringing my vision for an event to completion. Building relationships with sponsors to help them meet their objectives.

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Time to Rebrand Third-Party Planners

SmartMeetings

While some trade shows in the meetings industry are cool about including third-party planners, other organizations, from convention and visitors bureaus to our own Smart Meeting Events , prefer to recruit corporate planners who are often favored by suppliers looking to sign contracts for future events.