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Wrangling Better Meetings in Tucson

Smart Meetings

Best to Better Carly Patterson First, Olympic gymnastics champion shared her quest, triumph and struggle to come to terms with normal life after reaching the pinnacle of her sport at age 16 and retiring after an injury to finish school and find a second act. The trick is to embrace the spark,” she said.

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Can I Negotiate Venue AV Charges? – Whiteboard Wednesdays

Endless Events

As you are seeing the fee’s mounting on you may have even wondered, “Can I negotiate AV charges?” But in order to negotiate venue AV charges, you must arm yourself with knowledge, strong negotiating skills, and the will to walk away if you need to. Video Transcription: Can I Negotiate Venue AV Charges?

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Creative Ways to Negotiate Resort Fees

SmartMeetings

As the sky has become the limit when it comes to hotel amenities—think professional sports team-level gyms and gourmet wine and cheese tasting in the lobby—more properties are adding resort and, now, urban fees to their bills at checkout. Those fees are 100 percent negotiable,” Galanty says. He had these tips: Speak up.

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How to Prepare a Venue for an Event

GEVME

Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. Take care of any legal issues and contracts. Information on the drafting of contracts is usually available in the General Terms & Conditions section. Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning.

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Getting the best value from your keynote speaker

Event Industry News

All too often this is an afterthought which becomes difficult to negotiate once a speaker has been selected and the Scope Of Work contracted. Not limited to keynotes speakers, this extends to conference and awards hosts , after dinner speakers and entertainment, sports personalities, celebrity appearances and even influencers.

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Guest blog: Are you getting the best value from your venue?

Event Industry News

It may sound like simple work – finding a venue and exchanging contracts – but the devil is in the detail and more often than not, there’s a myriad of hidden factors that will impact the eventual price tag. Sporting Events. Kristin Lamb is Head of Sales and Service at ExecSpace. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Conferences.

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The Evolution of ROI Measurement for Meetings

SmartMeetings

In the The New Sports Sponsorship Arena , we learn that sports sponsorships are well over a hundred years old: “The modern understanding of sports sponsorship can be traced back to the 19th century with the birth of the baseball card. As the American pastime, baseball continued to drive sports sponsorship.