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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

Social Tables

Planners work with venues, specialized staff, and vendors to ensure everything runs smoothly. A lot of tiny pieces must fall into place for an event to succeed, and the wrong event vendors could lead to lots of trouble later in the planning process. What are event vendors? a musical festival).

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4 Event AV Contracting Tips to Consider

Smart Meetings

Whichever direction you head in, both require a thorough needs assessment that goes beyond venue specs. Also, providing AV with as much lead time as possible is ideal; for example, if you have access to a venue two days before an event, try to let AV in as early as you can, rather than assuming that the day before is adequate.

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Do your vendors and venues have emergency plans? Is another expected?

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When Mother Nature Is an Unwanted Attendee at Your Meeting or Event

Smart Meetings

Here is a list of questions you may want to ask yourself and your team before planning your next event: Do you have another nearby venue where you could host the event? Should you arrange transportation for attendees to get to another venue, or would you cancel it altogether? It’s important to also communicate with attendees remotely.

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Case Study: Overcoming Challenges at Loews Atlanta Hotel

Smart Meetings

Navigating Emergencies This break left venues, hotels and businesses around the city without water and under boil water advisories. Fortunately, Loews Atlanta’s access to water was never shut off or minimized, as it was miles away from the main break.

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Five ways explicit communication improves meetings

Conferences that Work

But often, explicit communication — saying or writing what’s needed to guide or influence desired behavior — improves matters over staying silent or beating around the bush. Here are five examples of how explicit communication improves meetings. A little explicit pre-party communication will improve your meeting.

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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

Smart Meetings

Before the storm hits, it’s advisable to communicate with attendees, vendors and speakers. Are there any areas of the event venue prone to flooding? Can attendees come to the venue or should they stay where they are? How does transportation need to be arranged? How does transportation need to be arranged?

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