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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

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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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

Smart Meetings

There’s a lot of information out there about how to better your career as a meeting professional. Throughout the year, Smart Meetings has invited professionals from different corners of the event planning world to impart their knowledge. Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings. What makes content compelling?

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Hurricane Hurdles: Is Your Event Contract Well Prepared?

MeetingsNet

getting flooded by Debby, some meetings could have their itineraries cut short—and face attrition fees. along with a few meetings that were caught in its path. Starting on Friday, August 9, nearly 1,000 people are set to attend the Georgia Forestry Association’s three-day annual meeting at the Savannah Convention Center ( below ).

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Meeting-Negotiation Essentials: F&B, AV, and More

MeetingsNet

7 business-event pros weigh in on how to get what you need in an event contract and stay on budget. It featured seven planners and suppliers who offered their perspectives and advice for meeting organizers to get what they need while staying on budget. Sound familiar?

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Lessons from the Front: Covid-era Med Meetings

Smart Meetings

Those stressful last-minute gyrations were just one of the issues addressed in Smart Meetings ’ latest webinar, “ Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings ,” led by Kara Ferguson, meeting planner for American Society of Anesthesiologists , and Katie Bohrer, CEO of event design company Onwardly.

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Childcare at Events Remains Expensive and Still Hard to Come By

Skift Meetings

While the pandemic wreaked havoc on the event industry, companies that provide childcare at meetings are among those who suffered the most from the lack of live events. Tempesta, who has picked up some contracts from competitors who went out of business, said anyone entering the event childcare business these days faces steep challenges.

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ASAE Survey: Associations Feel the Pain of Trump Actions

Smart Meetings

Learn more: How Medical Meetings Will Be Affected by the Trump Administration The survey reveals that many associations are experiencing financial strain, operational disruptions and strategic uncertainties in the current political and regulatory environment. ASAE broke down the key findings.