SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. I love it even more when people find ways to use our technology that we hadn’t even thought of.

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2017 Contracts Negotiating Tech 75

Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

This comprehensive guide created for event strategy best practices outlines the four levels of connections required to be a best-in-class meetings and events team. Event Strategy Framework What is the Difference Between Event Planning and Meeting Planning?

2023 40

2023 Negotiating Food and Beverage Financial 40

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Prior to going down the consulting road, Dave was with Experient for 22 years where he served as president of both the Meeting Planning and Registration divisions. Areas of expertise include conference business models, strategy, attendance marketing, sponsorship programs, and meeting technology. What is he known for?

Speakers 98

Speakers Healthcare Consulting Financial 98

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

So the interns should learn how you negotiate that type of situation.”. Peggy Marilley, founder of Alexandria, Virginia–based Precision Meetings & Events, thinks working with students keeps her ahead of the curve. His students are required to plan at least two events before graduation as part of their classwork.

Negotiating 68

Negotiating Hospitality Contracts Risk Management 68

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

While at first look, this may appear to Marriott as a profitable decision on their part, I suspect this decision may not yield the financial gains they anticipated. Thirty-four years ago, my firm, Conferon, negotiated the first chain-wide, guaranteed commission (on net room price) contract in U.S. adopted the same plan with Conferon.

Site Selections 67

Site Selections Food and Beverage Contracts Negotiating 67

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Guest safety has become a focal aspect of incentive travel planning. What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. Glynn shared that this new threat is scary for every traveler, every planner, every third-party negotiator. Costs are changing and budgets must follow suit.

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Travel Contracts Negotiating Hotels 246

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Companies must disclose any financial relationships with physicians, researchers or organizations. Regulatory compliance is non-negotiable. With stringent self-regulation and by working closely with legal and compliance teams, marketers can develop impactful events that also meet all regulatory requirements.

Marketing 130

Marketing Social Media Healthcare Advertising 130

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. Among the recommended controls were numbered badges and sequentially numbered cash-transaction forms, so registrants and transactions couldn’t easily go missing, along with the money. — “On-Site Financial Controls,” March 1991.

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