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The Ultimate Guide on How to Start Your Event Planning Business

Capterra Event Management

It took time, planning, and patience. Not unlike starting an event planning business. How to Start Your Event Planning Business. The same goes for those looking to start their own event planning business. Identify whether your skills are right for event planning. Topics: Event Budgeting.

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Not So Close! New Distancing Tool Eases Transition to F2F Meetings

Event Industry News

A new event-tech tool could smooth the return to meeting by making it easy to plan room layouts that take each region’s safety rules and recommendations into account. Event-planning platform Allseated announced its new Physical Distancing Tool today. Meeting planners no longer have to worry about figuring that out.

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Andre Cholewinski: Supporting Local Causes Is Better Than Boycotting Destinations

EventMB

His forward-thinking approach to responsible event planning fosters positive change without sacrificing community engagement. Skift Take: Andre Cholewinski champions supporting local causes over boycotting destinations. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc. Now when selecting locations, we also must ensure alignment with risk tolerance so that meeting stakeholders have a shared expectation of what could unfold. Timing is everything.

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CVBs and DMOs: A Hidden Resource for Meeting and Event Professionals

Eventsforce

Turn to the local convention and visitors bureau (CVB) and destination marketing organisation (DMO) to hit an event planning jackpot. These organisations can provide you with the following information and more: Suggestions and help facilitating event activities, entertainment, and speakers.

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Designing Events For Introverts

Endless Events

Leanne is a self-proclaimed introvert and an icon of the events industry. In fact, she’s meeting planners’ go-to expert in Canadian hotel site selection, helping hotel sales connect better with planners. Events for introverts? Joining our incredible host Alex Plaxen is the wonderful Leanne Calderwood.

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Handling Event Planning Online Reviews

Master the Event

We’ve been event planning and hosting face-to-face meetings for a dog’s age and in dog lingo that’s a long time. I of course am biased (extremely biased) when it comes to the event and meeting planning industry. Handling Event Planning Online Reviews – New Year New Trend!