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Activity Vendors Pair with Planners for Unique Attendee Experiences

Smart Meetings

Planners meticulously manage the attendee experience , but often activity vendors also play a major role in influencing how someone remembers a trip. Customer service is the cornerstone of this business and the better that is presented, the more successful the experience will be,” Mosleblech says. Mike Murray. Mosleblech says. “Of

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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

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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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Preparing For The Worst: Is Your Production Company Ready To Pivot Again?

Endless Events

This pandemic taught us a lot of lessons , and if we’re ready to let them all go, let us at least keep one of them very present – you can never be overprepared. Who wants to sit through hours of platform demos, sourcing studios, and finding individual vendors for each moving part of a virtual event? But we can’t.

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Your Guide to Vendor Management

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But what about vendors? Problems with a vendor can disrupt even the most well-structured of businesses, and that kind of disruption stresses your employees and often spells disaster for your clients. To avoid this particular domino effect, you need to manage your vendors well. A Vendor Management Definition.

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Everything You Need To Know To Create Your Event Timeline

Endless Events

Include all planning meetings into your event timeline so everyone can add them to their calendar and prepare in advance. Select your venue, virtual platform, and major vendors. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Create your event budget.

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The 15 Biggest Event AV Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Endless Events

A bad AV mistake like projectors that stop working during your keynote bringing the presentation to a halt, will make attendees immediately regret coming. Your AV company should be one of the first vendors you hire. The worst thing you can do is assume every vendor and event staff are ready for your event. Planning an event?

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Case Study: The Art of Crafting Holiday Magic

Smart Meetings

There are two entertainment stages, and more than 100 vendors, most of whom are artisans offering handcrafted items like candles, soaps, cutting boards and holiday-themed products. Coming off Covid presented its own hurdles, and some things were learning experiences. Another lesson I’ve learned is to implement rolling vendor setups.

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