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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum.

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The Women (and Men) Tell All: Third-Party Planners Edition

Connect Your Meetings

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. Every day we are being educated. Their concerns are my concerns.

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Health-Care Event Planners Adapt to a Shifting Landscape

SmartMeetings

As she presented a session at the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) most recent World Education Congress, titled “The Future of Healthcare Meetings,” Pat Schaumann made a telling comment. health-care events this year: It’s also affecting site-selection decisions for meetings scheduled over the next few years.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. Industry professionals want to maximize socio-economic benefits and education. They must weigh the needs and values of different stakeholders with the long-term environmental impacts of the event. Embracing Diversity.

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Are you interested in a Meeting Planner Career?

Master the Event

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Top Event Agencies: The Ultimate Directory (2019)

Bizzabo

Notable clients: adidas, Daimler Trucks North America, Kaiser Permanente, KinderCare Education, Tillamook. Meeting Expectations. Founded in 1992, Meeting Expectations is a full-service meeting planning and association management company that drives client success through effective and engaging event and membership experiences.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

We also offer educational PYM LIVE Events as well as and webinars and certificate programs through our association with the MPI Academy. Plan well and prosper, friends! Plan well and prosper, friends! Let’s face it, there’s a lot of paperwork involved in the meeting planning process. Select candidates.