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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Increase your visibility and share your knowledge: The call for speakers is now open for the MeetingsNet track at The Special Event. If you have any questions about our call for speakers, please contact Sue Hatch, MeetingsNet’s content director, at shatch@meetingsnet.com. The deadline for is June 16.

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15 event planning & management skills event organizers must master

Hubilo Blog

Negotiation. Negotiation is a valuable life skill. Whether it’s a discussion on budgets or timelines, with your clients or vendors, negotiation skills help you better at your job. Knowing how to negotiate well can help you gain confidence, get a fair deal, and improve your strategic planning. Project management .

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Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era

SmartMeetings

Meeting professionals today are risk managers. Hotels have been a little more flexible about attrition during Covid when the alternative is canceling, but this is always open to negotiation. Foster, CHME, an attorney with Foster, Jensen & Gulley , for an exclusive Q&A on event contract essentials in the Covid era.

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Top 5 Event Planning Courses for Planners

Event Planning BluePrint

Negotiating with Vendors. On-Demand Webinar: Virtual Speakers. If you want to attend in-person classes and earn your diploma in Event and Venue Management, Trebas is for you. contract negotiations, and. advertising and venue operations management. Risk Management. Event Revenue and Sponsorship ROI.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Negotiation is more essential than ever for achieving cost savings, and planners should work closely with partners — including DMCs, hotels, speaker bureaus, and food and beverage vendors — to identify creative opportunities for doing more with less. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Content Matters.

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Top Considerations for the Safe Return of In-Person Events

Eventsforce

Every individual has their own built-in levels of risk tolerance. So it’s important that you put aside your own unconscious bias when considering risk levels that can impact attendees, speakers, sponsors, and other stakeholders. You may wish to make some rules non-negotiable. That may be too much for some planners.

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Business as Unusual: Shifting Live Events to Digital and Hybrid Experiences 

GEVME

It’s time you negotiate with these vendors because your in-person audience size has become small, and you need to divert your money to the virtual component as well. . Keep the schedule ready and strong beforehand, with exhibitors, speakers and other event attendees. . Conclusion.