Master the Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Corporate meeting planners are always looking for creative ways that they can trim their meetings budget without losing too much of the overall program. Today, corporate meeting planners have a tough job. Of course for many corporations and associations meetings are a vital part of their operation.

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Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

This way, you’ll be sure to meet important deadlines, stay within budget, and coordinate multiple parties smoothly. But first, a quick definition. Anchors are non-negotiable deadlines that are often determined by key stakeholders and partners. What is a long-term event planning timeline? Establish anchors.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

There are so many things that we’ve seen people get burned on in venue contracts and I think we’re gonna do an entire Whiteboard Wednesday dedicated to negotiating venue contracts and how it involves AV. So, we’ll say, we’ll put a pin on that and come back to that later. But let us take a look at it.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

I know where my negotiation points are, and where I can bring expenses down to create more value for the company.’”. For meeting professionals who work hard at building relationships and excel at negotiation, requiring sign-off from a procurement team — or even having procurement run the RFP process — can be a hard pill to swallow.

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Stova

MAY 25, 2023

For example, Stova’s event technology simplifies event sourcing and gives you the power to better negotiate with venues. Filter out venues that don’t meet your criteria. Also, especially for large corporate meetings, consider the type of attendees. This enables you to: Spread the web to narrow your search.

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Stova

MARCH 16, 2023

In the end, you will know how to properly evaluate all of your meetings to ensure that you are making the most cost-effective choices that will lead to better meeting results overall. However, you don’t want to completely forget about the “wow” details that can make a corporate meeting enjoyable either.

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