Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We are making educated guesses, based on the cards we can see, about what will come up next in the 2020 deck. Your value was never in the beauty of your exhibit hall layout or your ability to negotiate a good hotel rate. My association may be doing all-virtual meetings for another year. Or something else altogether.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 24, 2019

We all know catering can be the largest expense on the master account, but we don’t realize the several areas that can be negotiated to stretch your catering budget. This is substantially less than the 75 to 80% profit in the rooms department and is enough leeway to allow you to negotiate catering prices for your group.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. How is the delivery of ongoing education changing? How has that changed over time?

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

Planners work with vendors, suppliers, and venues to coordinate meal service, event staffing, negotiate pricing, and so much more. Event planners are coordinators, organizers, moderators, and professional negotiators. Negotiation. Event planners must be skilled in the art of negotiation. Government meetings and events.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

Oftentimes, conferences include keynote speakers and workshop sessions, each designed to educate attendees. That said, conventions also aim to educate attendees via speeches, panels, and workshops. These aim to educate attendees on tech ideas and products while also encouraging networking. Might we suggest EventMobi?

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Register for “Advanced Hotel Negotiations, From the Hotel Side” To be a more effective negotiator, meeting planners will learn how hotels evaluate their businesses and manage their inventory of space, rates and dates. Learning Objectives. Website: contactplan.com.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2019

Education Is Key. Much like everything in life, the more educated you are on a matter, the better you’ll do. Take it from Chief Event Einstein himself, Will Curran – “for me, one of the number one best tips as far as how to save money is to start to get educated” Let’s get to it! .

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GEVME

AUGUST 15, 2019

Personalisation has taken over the world, and with the ever-increasing flow of information and education data, AI, etc., Having a skillful strategy helps to avoid overworking a week before the start of the event and becomes a negotiation advantage when talking with investors. this trend will only keep growing. The power of procurement.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With a computer and internet connection, you have access to a world of education. In your spare time, turn your attention to a virtual meetings education. Of course, a host of continuing education and certification courses are available for the meeting and events industry.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

If you can’t get the hotel concessions your stakeholders are expecting, it’s in your best interest to educate them about the current landscape. Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. Here’s how one meeting professional does it. Where does that leave planners?

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2024

More than 600 event planners attended the educational and supplier-appointment show that’s owned by Informa, the parent company of MeetingsNet. During his main-stage presentation titled “Mastering Site Inspections for Audiovisual and Production,” Frankel noted that “almost everything is negotiable before you sign the contract.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins. Another counter-intuitive hack is being open about priorities.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

In the fifth of FICP’s new virtual education series, Financial & Insurance Professionals (FICP) Chats, more than 200 participants explored how to book group business for future meetings, including immediate adjustments for events, and how those were not being written into RFPs for the long-term.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Smart Meetings National Experience at the sunny Eau Palm Beach , Florida, indulged, educated and inspired meeting professionals to get back to what they do best: surprising and delighting. Negotiating for the Win-win. Negotiation is not an act of war, it is an act of discovery,” Dohrn explained. he asked.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And what are some negotiation strategies that can help you get an incredible deal? Take it upon yourself to learn about event AV and get educated on the subject as much as you can. Negotiation Goes A Long Way. Negotiating Event AV Costs. So how can you win at negotiating AV prices for your event? Consider packages.

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Social Tables

MAY 14, 2019

While for an event where the purpose is to educate, a key measure of success will likely be how well content translates into attendee engagement. But that’s not to say you can’t negotiate. Tips for negotiating a bigger event budget When it comes to negotiating an event budget , the language stakeholders speak most fluently is data.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 17, 2019

Industry leaders help create educational content for the online community. Paired with limited educational and training options, unprotected and inexperienced individuals operating as ‘professionals’ bring unnecessary risk to event hosts and lower the professional value while adding to the guesswork for the customer. .

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Event Industry News

MAY 17, 2019

EventWell19 takes place from Monday 16 th until Friday 20 th September and aims to address and educate on the internal pressures event professionals can unknowingly place on themselves, with a campaign message of #itsoktonotbeok. EventWell will be kicking off its third annual wellbeing campaign on Monday the 16 th September, 2019. .

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Eventinterface

MAY 2, 2017

This is followed by an educational session for which attendees receive CEU credits. Educational sessions vary and can include topics such as contract negotiations, risk mitigation, and others. Partners also participate in educational workshops. The events include a speed dating activity, connecting planners with partners.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

To Do: Instead of a general, sweeping clause, negotiate what steps will be taken to keep information secure, such as locking the door, hiring security guards, keeping attendants out of the meeting, providing shredders for documentation and education of attendees about how they treat the information shared.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It’s about setting boundaries based on what your balance is, what you’re trying to get to and then creating habits and non-negotiables. ” Setting Non-Negotiables. It was this scare that drove Kelly to implement what she calls non-negotiables. It really is what’s best for me.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Contract and Negotiation Tips. We skipped to the good part—Negotiating Rooms: Cancellation, Attrition, Rebooking and Reselling — where the big idea is planning for contingencies. They even flew in some of the rovers for people to see.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience focused on setting and reaching event goals When some of the most productive meeting professionals in the world meet in majestic The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson for three days of education, inspiration and networking, the experience has to be over the top. “We

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 25, 2021

Editor’s note : The following is not legal advice but is for general educational purposes. To protect yourself, you need to educate yourself and demonstrate the measures taken to keep everyone safe. If you have a specific question, you should contact an attorney. event contract. The good news is that vaccines are here.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Before we get into the formal education side, we have to acknowledge that event planners need to have a set of particular soft skills. Their curriculums typically consist of courses, such as experience design, event marketing, event financing, venue management, agreement negotiating, and more.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 27, 2020

Online education is the fastest way to master skills from the convenience of your laptop while earning credits toward your CMP and hearing from experts in the field,” said Howard Givner, founder and CEO of Event Leadership Institute (ELI), which has partnered with Smart Meetings to offer Smart U, Meeting Professional Masterclasses.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Read More: Cvent’s Event Tech Roadmap According to filings, at the end of last year, Cvent had approximately 22,000 customers globally in the corporate, non-profit, higher education and hospitality sectors as of December 31, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

Transparency is an asset when negotiating with vendors Incentive packages have greatly improved over the years in both quality and customization. Using transparency in your negotiation process isn’t just appropriate, it is often expected, as many vendors offer a surprising amount of flexibility.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Instead of morphing your event goals around the venue’s rules, approach your venue with a list of non-negotiables. Maybe you’re throwing a big educational summit.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, Global Meetings Industry Day featured several in-person and virtual events that highlighted the importance of the meeting, incentive, convention, and trade-show industry, while also educating planners on the new landscape they will operate in going forward.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

At an educational session on wage inequality in the meeting-planning industry during the recent IMEX America show in Las Vegas, a standing-room only crowd heard tips and advice from veteran industry players about what planners need to do to receive an appropriate salary for their work.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

They help educate, promote, get work done and reward or celebrate the workplace. Ask the event sales staff for a booking date during a time where they need extra revenue and they may be willing to negotiate a deal. More : Master Win-Win Negotiations for Your Contracts. Events are a necessity for many businesses.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Educational? How does this event align with our overall corporate strategy and goals for the year? What are the 2-3 key messages we want to communicate through this event? What type of experience do we want to create for attendees? Entertaining? How will we measure the success of this event both quantitatively and qualitatively?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 26, 2021

Beginning May 3, Bradshaw will release an episode each Monday of the month that will touch on different behaviors and norms of in-person meetings, such as handshakes, decision-making and negotiation , and will provide insight on how to master them. More from Jonathan Bradshaw : The Unexpected Behavior Powering Exceptional Business Events. “In

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Eventinterface

JULY 26, 2017

In your beaker, combine the elements: creativity, passion, experience and negotiation. Actually, add a bit more of negotiation for good measure - I mean who doesn’t love a good negotiator. Put on your lab coat and step into the Abstract Elements laboratory. How do you think our industry will evolve in the next five years?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2018

More : 5 Tips for Negotiating Your Best Salary. Besides possibly not sufficiently advocating for yourself, not negotiating on your own behalf may lead to questions about your ability to manage, especially as you move up in your organization. Get illogical and don’t impose boundaries on your possibilities.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Destination Management Company, for example, knows the local suppliers well and are much better positioned to negotiate on your behalf. You may be surprised to know that a 3rd party planner does not necessarily mean an increase in the budget. Sometimes it’s the exact opposite.

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