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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. I decided to set up an event management agency in 2001, and I was the owner for 16 years. Before having my new company, I already had a one-year contract signed for our first project for a hotel company. I had a lot of support from everyone.

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The Event Tech 12 – PlanningPod Edition

PlannerWire

From budgeting, reports, and task management to attendee registration, check-in, floor plans, and everything in between, they have you covered… what what you need without the soul crushing cost and long term contracts that the other platforms suck you into. Welcome to the EventTech 12 PlanningPod Edition.

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The Power of PR: How DCI is leveraging the power of media to spotlight the region’s efforts to close the racial entrepreneurship gap

DCI

The fatal shooting of Timothy Thomas, an unarmed Black teenager, by a police officer in 2001 — in the wake of several others — led to four nights of civil unrest. Take, for instance, Vazquez Commercial Contracting out of Kansas City, which has expertise in public sector contracting work. Serious success.

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