Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Thinking about a cruise meeting or incentive but unsure if it aligns with your sustainability goals? Built as a central hub for everything from real-time data and reporting to personalized communications, the tool aims to make the travel management process more efficient for both travelers and managers. Hoping to give U.K.

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Travel Travel Incentives Tourism 130

Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

To help planners avoid the inevitable headache, Smart Meetings sat down with Huong Nguyen, CEO and founder of Shiloh Events , to find the best path forward for meeting planners looking for the right event tech for their needs. Be sure when you’re reviewing the cost proposal, to ask the vendor what it actually includes.”

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

An event proposal can have various different purposes: securing sponsorships, getting a client as an event planner, getting buy-ins from stakeholders and higher-ups, and so on. So, creating a well-written, attractive, and effective event proposal is crucial in ensuring any event’s success by having all relevant parties on the same page.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 29, 2020

But now that the rules of the game have completely changed, how are organizations supposed to go about the Request For Proposal process? In reality, the structure is similar to what you’d see with any other Request For Proposal. The meeting room is private and dedicated to our most important stakeholders. Once a month?

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Virtual Events Proposal Vendor Events 257

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

RFP and Event Planner Selection When seeking an event planner, providing a detailed and comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) is crucial. Steering clear of these common pitfalls is key to ensuring that your event not only meets its goals but also provides a memorable and gratifying experience for everyone involved.

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Rehearsal Communications Communications Preparation 246

Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2022

Sponsors need to feel like they can trust planners to deliver on their promises and meet sponsorship objectives. Prepare an event sponsorship proposal letter, define various event sponsorship packages/levels, find decision-makers in the company, and reach out to them directly. Communication is key.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 29, 2018

America’s Center Convention Complex Proposed Expansion. The breadth and strength of the modern meetings and events industry means groups have more choices than ever. The breadth and strength of the modern meetings and events industry means groups have more choices than ever. of Meeting Space. Earlier this month, St.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Insurance Medical Meetings Contracts Contracts 245

ADMEI

APRIL 24, 2024

Communicate well from the first moment. If you’re communicating with your attendees via email, you can send tailored content to first-time guests to help them know what to expect and feel welcomed before they even arrive. You can even connect each match before the event begins so that they can make a plan to meet once they arrive.

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Destination Management Registration Events Communications 211

Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

In states with proposed legislation, he suggested a different approach. Communicate the value your event could bring to the destination to lawmakers and let them know negative legislation can have an economic impact. The post MPI NCC ACE: Less Trade Show; More Idea Exchanges appeared first on Smart Meetings. Make a commitment!

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

Read More: Making Meetings Green: Biophilic Design Uplifts Event Space SCP Hotels at SXSW designed a tiny tropical paradise, SCP’s (Soul Community Planet) intentional space encouraged attendees to join the community, which prompted tree planting—a signature of its “holistic hospitality.” And what better way to kick off spring?

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Healthcare Proposal Sustainability Trends 240

Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2022

The recent celebration of Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) provided our industry with an opportunity to step back from the chaos of the last two years and assess not only where we have been, but where we are going. The necessity of hybrid meetings brought many things to light. Not All Audiences Are the Same.

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Events Communications Communications Regulations 279

Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 9, 2019

How to Run a Painless Meeting. There are two ways to run a meeting. The first is probably the most common—you sit at the head of the table, open the meeting, and then the meeting just starts, the same way it did last time, and the time before that, and the time before that. Does this require a meeting or just an email?

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Management Meeting Vendor Proposal 130

Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

100% of event professionals believe communication among their teams could be better. In this survey, planners told us that many details change up until the last minute, communication is not shared across the entire team, there’s not enough consistency in documented event details, and communication isn’t concise enough.

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Proposal Communications Communications Venue 149

Traveler's Q

MARCH 2, 2023

A corporate event is more than merely a meeting. Working with a corporate event management company Write a very detailed RFP (request for proposal) What even is an RFP? Effectively communicate your goals and values Effectively communicate your goals and values What is a corporate event planning template and how can they use one?

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Proposal Rehearsal Speakers Sponsors 130

Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Contact nearby hotels for room block quotes and rate proposals. AV companies provide several forms of audio and visual equipment for private parties, corporate meetings, and other events. Fantastic communication skills The best vendor relationships flow seamlessly; you communicate your expectations, and they share theirs.

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Vendor Contracts Contracts Events 158

Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 13, 2025

The partners chose a real congress the 2030 World Congress of Dermatology and asked students to submit an impact proposal demonstrating how the congress could potentially make a positive impact on one of the participating BestCities destinations: Dubai, Dublin, Cape Town, Singapore, Copenhagen, and Guadalajara.

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Culture Sponsors Proposal Events 64

Social Tables

MAY 14, 2019

While attendance is a mark of success no matter the meeting purpose, success usually has multiple layers. Your success as the event planner relies on your ability to not only create a successful event, but also your ability to communicate that success to stakeholders based on shared performance indicators that show event ROI.

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SEO Proposal Sponsors Events 141

Endless Events

JUNE 9, 2022

“I love not spending my day traveling from meeting to meeting. When you meet people in person who you’ve connected with virtually already, you have that context already. “They are the ones that are really good at digital communications. . “I started going all-in on online networking. Deanna agrees.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As meeting planners send out requests for proposal for upcoming meetings and communicate with hotels that respond, it seems likely that their property counterparts will not be amenable to negotiating on price.

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Planner Proposal Hospitality Communications 111

The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Negotiating, preparing the proposal and closing the deal build adrenaline and propel the company forward. Examples of some soft skills are coaching, communicating and listening, intuiting, making connections, empathising, critical thinking and problem solving). These and other skills need regular training and reinforcement.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Here’s a third party’s advice to hotels, DMCs, and other partners for streamlining the RFP process as we get back to meetings and incentive travel. Whether you’re a third-party agency, a CVB, a DMC, or a hotel, it takes a lot of time and energy from a team of people to put together a quality proposal. RFPs aren’t going anywhere.

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Proposal Incentives Contracts Contracts 105

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Don’t just have multiple meeting rooms set up if they aren’t really needed. Above all, remember this key point that Brandt Krueger proposed in Event Icons Episode 44 that “Anything before the contract is negotiation. When communication is easy with a business, it’s much easier to ask for help. Negotiate payment terms.

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Contracts Contracts Vendor Events 204

Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Are your vendors meeting those standards? Look for something with: Vendor communication channels Project management functionality Payroll and contract management tools Compatibility with your existing systems Database creation capabilities. Do they meet all of your requirements? Vendor management systems answer these questions.

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Vendor Management Contracts Contracts 130

Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Meetings and conferences are perhaps one of the most important fundamental ways in which people come together and change happens. They proposed that regional meetups should occur between quarterly and biannually to provide more regular contact with researchers. Yet this topic is rarely the focus of much academic study.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

They are charged with understanding what the client wants, designing an event that meet the client’s goals, and telling a memorable story to event attendees. Event planners compare the received responses, weigh various quotes, and select the best proposal based on the client’s needs. Corporate meetings, seminars, and retreats.

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Planner Vendor Certification Event Planning 145

Social Tables

MARCH 24, 2021

Establish a weekly meeting and estimate the time commitment you’ll need from each participant. If you have direct communication with your target audience now, put out a poll or survey that allows them to share suggestions. Up next, avoid unnecessary mistakes with these top client meeting tips for beginner event planners.

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Audience Training Planner Speakers 158

The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Switzerland is a premium country for meetings and events. The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting. It’s also a popular location among the local community to unwind and enjoy a good conversation.

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Planner Conference Events Incentives 200

Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 17, 2019

It’s no secret that the life of a meeting and event manager is stressful and challenging. A graduate of Penn State University with a degree in communications, her first job in the “real world” was with an advertising agency. There are two gears for nearly every meeting and event manager: extremely busy and “it’s 11 p.m.

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Management Meeting Events Advertising 75

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

When we’re having these meetings and conferences and we’re saying all these acronyms. Rather than a long communicate message” Pro Tips! You can make your texting and communicating life a whole lot easier. AIMM – Accredited In House Meeting Manager. RFP – Request For Proposal.

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Events Insurance Contracts Contracts 166

MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. An event venue’s power source has a notable effect on a meeting’s total carbon emissions. Therefore, any measurement of carbon emissions from a meeting would have to take this into account.

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Planner Certification Site Selection Consulting 105

Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These events will offer profound insights, specialised knowledge, and practical experience to deliver practical solutions and propose effective policies and strategies to contribute to the promotion of sustainable tourism development.

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Seminar Tourism Tourism Sustainability 101

Eventtia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This guide aims to simplify the process by offering a step-by-step framework on how to identify the event planning platform that meets your requirements. These tools help you organize and communicate event schedules, enabling attendees to plan their itineraries effectively.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As of the latest, we’re looking at the metaverse : a bigger opportunity for us to meet as close to in-person without actually being in person than we’d ever experienced before.” “Once upon a time, we funneled people into a meeting room. “My first tip is two-way communication,” he replies.

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Remote Events Audience Technology 177

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But Julius didn’t see them catch on and now focuses on other aspects of the meeting industry. 1—Unconferences that aren’t According to Wikipedia, unconferences are participant-driven meetings where the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. So, why aren’t unconferences more popular?

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Social Tables

APRIL 6, 2021

Being a leader for your clients, your event planning team, and even your event planning community can begin with this deceptively simple exercise. Writing an event planning mission statement won’t just define and communicate “ your purpose, whether that’s in the office or simply in life.”

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Event Planning Events Planner Audience 187

Traveler's Q

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Event branding also helps to convey the event’s purpose, message, and values, making it easier to communicate with stakeholders. A well-designed website not only attracts potential attendees but also provides a platform for communicating important event information such as dates, schedules, speakers, and locations.

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