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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

Infusing events with hands-on experiences. It’s easy to fill in a site with digital panels and robots, but don’t forget that the use of the latest event technology trends just for the sake of fashion is ornamental only and unjustifiable from a financial point of view. The top 5 event marketing trends.

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The Best Event Planning Books Ever Written

Guidebook

Sure, you can get all your event and meeting planning information from the internet like most of us do these days. (We We gathered all of the web’s best event planning blogs.) But what about good, old-fashioned books? The Event Marketing Handbook : Beyond Logistics and Planning by Allison Saget.

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9 Proven Steps for Planning Successful Events

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For each budget line item, you should account for the following: Estimated amount (how much you want to spend) Negotiated amount (the agreed upon price with your supplier) Actual amount (invoiced amount) Amount paid to date Amount still owed Payment due dates w/ amounts due. Step 7 – Launch an event marketing campaign.

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Rethinking How You Work With Procurement

PCMA Convene

Tate, CMM, senior manager of finance and events for Petco Animal Supply Services. “‘I I know where my negotiation points are, and where I can bring expenses down to create more value for the company.’”. The events side of it is something new that [procurement] has taken on and bitten off,” Butler said. Balsam said.

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3 Easy Ways Planners Can Reduce Risk Today

Smart Meetings

In the same fashion, planners need to do their research when hiring vendors. More : Is Your Event Marketing Plan Ready for GDPR? “Contracts are self-inflicted wounds,” he says. You have no rights or responsibilities unless they are in the contract.” It’s going to be a major, major, major issue,” Howe says.

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The Ultimate Guide on How to Start Your Event Planning Business

Capterra Event Management

Luckily, I have already compiled a list of five quality event planning certification classes that will help give you the experience and credibility that you need: 1. Emory University Event Planning Certification. Topics: Event Budgeting. Event Logistics. Green” Events. Event Marketing.

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The Best Way to Pitch Event Ideas to Executives

Planning Pod

Most salespeople never expect a prospect to say “yes” in the first pitch or presentation, but rather after a more lengthy courting process with lots of back and forth and negotiating. If they are interested but haven’t responded in positive fashion for one of many reasons, this will incentivize them to reply.