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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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What To Do When Your Event Goes Wrong

Endless Events

However, the odds are there will be a few bumps along the way, no matter how prepared you are. This is a must for all event vendors. They should be trained for unpredictable situations, which is something that you should keep in mind during the hiring process. To sum up, the underlying message is to always be prepared.

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The Evolution of Meetings: Lessons for Navigating a Hybrid Future

Smart Meetings

Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning. Preparation matters. Be sure to partner with sophisticated virtual meeting technology vendors that feature AI-based tools. This could also be true in 2023 and beyond so now is the time to prepare. Have stakeholders demo the technology and practice dry runs.

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Planning a Safe Event: Back to Basics

Endless Events

Around the world, tragic incidents at events like the Las Vegas shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, and natural disasters have shown that we aren’t prepared for every type of security and safety issue in our industry. If using security scanning devices at your event, then the staff operating them must be highly-trained.

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New ESPA Event Servicing Certification Debuts

Smart Meetings

ESPC members have either taken the Event Service Professional Foundational Training Program or demonstrated at least 10 years of professional event service experience and comprehension of event servicing in convention centers, hotels and CVBs. Read More : Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs.

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Price-Conscious Wow: How Meeting Planners Find More Value With AV Partners

Smart Meetings

Instead of concentrating on the number of screens you had last year or equipment assignments per room, different questions during the preparation stage may help you find the right, long-term AV provider. What types of customer service training are you doing for your employees? What does your training program look like for new hires?

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Chat GPT, Dall-E, and Other AI Tools You Need to Know

Endless Events

If you’re listening to this episode, Brandt and I are not hype-train people. This stuff is trained on publicly accessible images. In preparation for this episode, I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT. Compare quotes from different vendors to get the best price.’ Let’s dive in! It has no morality or judgments.

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