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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

This perfect storm significantly threatens the sustainability of associations and adds tremendous pressure to those who are organizing events to find ways to improve their financial performance. Planners are charged with making the problem go away but have little to no negotiating power.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Flight shaming in the events industry

Gallus Events

In December 2019 I travelled to Madrid to attend the Sustainable Innovation Summit, an official side event at the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference. I was very keen to find out what sustainability professionals thought about flight shaming. To say that this increase in emissions was “disappointing” is putting it mildly.

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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

Sustainability is part of the plan. You can change the boring course of any event with carefully prepared program content and a sustainability plan. . Sustainability strategies replace one-off programmes. Rent a castle or a small island, hold a conference at the planetarium, or put an exhibition on at the beach. .

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7 Stress-Free Ways to Scale Your Event Program

Attendease

In this post, we’ll explore how to thoughtfully and sustainably expand your events. Negotiate ongoing partnerships with venues and vendors to secure bulk discounts. Looking ahead, factor scalability into your company’s long-term financial projections. Your largest conferences warrant bigger budgets than smaller meetups.

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Risk and Reward: Meetings in Hurricane Season

MeetingsNet

While such terms are sure to catch the eye of many planners—and perhaps cause some planners to negotiate harder with properties in the southeastern U.S.

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Minimizing operational costs and unnecessary expenses for event businesses

Planning Pod

From vendor and supplier negotiations to technology investments, we’re here to provide actionable tips and insights to help you optimize your financial performance. Vendor and supplier costs Negotiating better deals with vendors and suppliers can be a game changer when it comes to reducing costs. Get started today!