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Mastering the art of vendor and supplier negotiation.

Expo Pass

I hope you’re all caught up on Succession because it’s time to talk negotiations. It all starts with negotiations. Successful negotiations begin with research. Simplify your negotiations by establishing a single line of contact. You don’t need to be overly aggressive and impersonal in your negotiations.

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Getting More Value from Conference Keynote Speakers

Velvet Chainsaw

More quality options result in a buyer’s market…now and in the years ahead. As you evaluate speakers on this criteria, be sure to check references and video tape from the past 12 months. Post-Event Content Marketing – Participate in a scheduled replay. This is good news for planners. What to Look For. Optimizing ROI.

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Normal is Over(rated) – For Now

Velvet Chainsaw

And we can’t do that if we keep starting every conversation with some reference to “normal” and how much we miss it. Worse: we let it drip into our marketing and our board meetings, and from there into our members. The market you operate in is undergoing profound, likely permanent shifts in labor and capital.

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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

State of the Market Based on the current state of the market, Payne has seen a shift occur due to the events that transpired during Covid-19. Read More : Gen Z Meeting Planners Navigate Post-Covid Job Market “It’s going to be difficult to contract with hotels or destinations that you want to be in for the foreseeable future.

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Discover the Best Event Platform: A Six-Step Guide

Attendease

However, with countless tools and services on the market, selecting the right platform for your business can feel overwhelming and confusing. Additionally, the scorecard that you create can be used as a reference point when people start pushing back or second-guessing how to proceed.

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The Top 10 Most Common Types of Corporate Events

GEVME

Here is a comprehensive corporate planning checklist that you can refer to when building events of any size and format: Pick a strategic location. Email your contact base, create an attention-grabbing story that can be wrapped into social media posts or other marketing materials, and start promoting. Business dinners. Incentive trips.

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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

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. Interest is growing in events that include the participation of event market professionals, along with engaging event sessions. The top 5 event marketing trends.

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