MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Remember that time when you presented your contract terms to a vendor—perhaps a hotel, production company, tech provider, off-site venue, or speakers agency—and the vendor simply replied, "Sure, this is fine." Of course you don't, because that doesn't happen. Printer-friendly version.

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Event Industry News

MAY 7, 2020

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. Human psychology, Nature, collaboration, contract negotiations and more. EduMonday Live kicks off at 10am UK time.

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Guidebook

MAY 16, 2023

It surprised many people when Forbes Magazine listed event planning as the fifth most stressful job. This includes details most people never consider, such as recruiting speakers for the event and marketing the event. That’s where you’ll have digital images of documents like contracts with the catering company and the venue owner.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2019

Speaker Bio: . He has published articles in Meetings and Conventions, Convene, Meeting Mentor magazine, Connect magazine, Plan-It Tennessee, The Meeting Professional, Meetings Focus and Successful Meetings magazines and as a guest columnist for The Tennessean and Nashville Business Journal.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Speaker Judi Holler wants you to take action The sizzle reel of keynote speaker Judi Holler’s life starts with a 10-year-old blondie rocking sparkles in the grocery store. When you take a chance to live out your life’s contract, you inspire others (who have been watching you all along, don’t you know?) It is also contagious.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

UKSV developed the engaging conference, which was six months in the planning, around the concept of a television magazine and chat show. It employs more than 52,000 people globally and serves over 130 markets across Human Pharma, Animal Health and Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Here are some soft skills for event planners to consider: Interpersonal skills and communication, Time management and effective problem-solving, Creativity and ability to think outside the box, Multitasking, Attention to detail (especially important for budgeting and signing contracts). CMM (Certified Meeting Management) by MPI.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2022

A global roster of speakers will offer honest conversation and fresh thinking on today’s challenges, as well as provide the tools to enhance show floor meetings and – ultimately – boost business recovery. There are also sessions from IAEE, EIC and MPI, plus She Means Business a joint event by IMEX and tw magazine, supported by MPI.?. “We

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2016

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Are you a fan of those “before” and “after” makeover photos in decorating magazines? The decision to keep Amplify 2021 online was made in September 2020, at which time the team didn’t feel confident it could meet its attrition and contract requirements. “It Looking at them gives me inspiration and a sense of wide-open possibilities.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

However, since that’s not the world most of us inhabit, here are a few tips I’ve picked up from meeting planners over the course of my 14 years as a keynote speaker. Negotiate Your AV Costs Before Signing a Contract. In the words of one event planner, “Once I sign that contract, I can’t get them to budge on anything.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 10, 2020

Whether it involves a speaker presentation or attendees who need to check back in with work and answer all those sli.do Arranging for appropriate connectivity requires knowing your attendees, speakers and their access needs—and planning far in advance. polls, a reliable connection is mandatory. Size Up Your Guests’ Needs. Hardwire It.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Attendees value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Moving forward more associations will hire interns or contract DaaS (Data-as-a-Service) providers to improve customer and prospect intelligence and segmentation.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What should you do when your key speaker suddenly cancels five days before the event? Consider local newspapers, magazines, TV channels, or specialized retail industry publications. Identify and secure your event speakers The right speakers or talents can be a game-changer for any event, especially in retail.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Epoxies could range from repurposing florals for sterile rooms to finding gluten-free meals for the dozen VIPs who didn’t RSVP, to filling in for the speaker who missed a flight. A virtual magician, featured guest speakers, background music and an applause track added to the engagement. We got lucky,” said Graziano. Her solution? “We

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The celebration combined recognition for the company’s charitable work, a message from the president, a keynote speaker and an exclusive concert. Two of the most pivotal were an exclusive concert with a Canadian band and an incentive conference with keynote speakers for the external group.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Asico has worked with both Barack Obama and the Rolling Stone Magazine, and she's just one of the many high-caliber guests interviewed on this informative and entertaining podcast. A popular industry podcast, Meetings Podcast covers a wide variety of topics, from special event planning, to event logistics, AV assistance and event speakers.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s split across four key themes: INFORM – INSPIRE – INNOVATE – IMPACT, with a stellar line up of expert speakers covering topics including event security, AI, inclusivity, wellness, experiential design, contract negotiation, sustainability and legacy.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

Adding motivational speakers, cooking classes and experiences will create more excitement and engagement. Wherever you stay, Breust suggests taking a long, hard look at the contract before signing. “We We can expect major revisions to all travel contracts after COVID-19,” he says. How can we overcome fear of social contact?

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The VeeFriends team found and contracted the U.S. Over the course of the event, there were 154 speakers (which included Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki, Pharrell, Mila Kunis, and Randi Zuckerberg!) Bank Stadium in Minneapolis and we worked collaboratively with the team to get the venue ready. provided its unique challenges.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Be candid with the venue and build the option to scale down to a smaller room into your contract. Build the option to move to a more affordable sister property into your contract. Don’t commit to speakers with high fees until you know you have the registration to support this. In fact, build this into your contracts.

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All Seated

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Known as one of the industry’s most creative minds and calming presences, we chatted with Mindy Weiss , author, speaker, and wedding and event planner, to hear her advice for staying in touch, keeping clients engaged when events have been postponed, and staying inspired during a pandemic.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Following a rigorous re-tender process of the eight listed audio-visual companies, Light Motif has won the two-year contract to provide services for the new day delegate rate at the iconic riverside London venue.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

The engineers, executives and business development teams at technology companies were often treated to celebrity speakers, concerts, interactive workshopping and fabulous parting gifts, whether it was a user conference, incentive trip or product announcement. Initially, Stevens turned all the planned speakers into webinars.

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 3, 2020

As planners look to move events online, UT Virtual conferences include registration, planning, session management, exhibitor areas, live and pre-taped speakers and more. Their certified One Stop service assures that you have one contract and one invoice to keep things simple. Prefer the water?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I actually reached out as part of an article I was writing for Meeting Mentor Magazine, I reached out to AV people all over the world asking them what their biggest gripes were, what they wanted their planners to know, what are the top things that you wish that your planners knew? Today we’re gonna be talking about s**t AV people say.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

In May, Newcastle Cathedral will host more than 400 delegates at the National Cathedrals Conference as well as guest speakers including the Archbishop of York and former Prime Minister Sir John Major. We helped to open the first Covid testing centre at IKEA in Gateshead and then later when it relocated to Newcastle Great Park. “We

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. Spend in this category doesn’t contribute to the value proposition for attendees.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

Ideally, the app would keep attendees updated with the latest schedule and speakers, be used for onsite registration, and eventually make the printed program and agenda obsolete. We stopped having a three-copy paper contract,” she said. The screen even highlights booths that are in the process of being sold, Harper said.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

The contract — signed just before Brazil slid into the worst economic crisis in its history — stipulated that MCI would receive its full financial compensation if it helped meet the profit goal of one million Brazilian reals (approximately $300,000).

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 25, 2017

Manage sponsor contracts and collect e-signatures. “The best way to start forming relationships with sponsors is through social media,” says Julie Austin, CEO of Speaker Sponsor. They might like to hear about behind-the-scenes information, or an interview you do with one of your keynote speakers, or some PR the event gets.

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GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

In his article for Smashing magazine , the founder of HybridConf, Zach Inglis, states that the aim of every conference organiser should be to create experiences that reenergize people and fill them with new zeal for their work. Make your final selection, confirm the final details with a host, and sign a contract.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 1, 2020

Dominguez acknowledged that, often, meeting planners often have no choice but to pull the plug as they are tasked with undoing years of contracts in a day. The Surgeon General told us to stop buying face masks unless we have contracted the virus. Reactions to contracting COVID-19 have varied from no symptoms at all to death.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

All of the project management and multitasking required to balance projects and budgets, contracts, and details keeps me engaged and looking forward to coming to work. I was tasked to see through the whole event alongside managing our department, the speakers, and local partners. Heading home from our annual meeting a few years ago.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

You’ll find helpful info on a range of topics from staging inspiration and productivity advice through to real-world assistance in getting the most out of your AV contracts. Corbin Ball is an international speaker, consultant and writer dedicated to helping clients use technology more efficiently for improved productivity. Meetingsnet.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Not only did he go with the ow as speakers changed their minds on equipment, etc., But I would like to nominate Ricky for what he does for us outside of contract negotiation. Nominated by Maureen Sojka, Events Manager, Creative Marketing Alliance — “Great prompt response for the initial quote; superb on-site tech support.

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