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Choosing the Best: How to Find the Top Wedding Florists, Photographers, and Caterers for Your Special Day

Traveler's Q

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life, and you deserve nothing but the best when it comes to choosing vendors. Researching and Selecting Wedding Vendors Researching and selecting wedding vendors can be a daunting task. Start by identifying your priorities and budget.

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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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New Channel Research: Simplify Your Vendor Program to Increase Participation

ITA Group

New Channel Research: Simplify Your Vendor Program to Increase Participation. For decades, vendors have used channel incentives to drive behavior—suppressing old behaviors, establishing new ones or completely repositioning partners for a new opportunity.

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Clear Roles, Effective Collaboration With the RACI Matrix

Convene by PCMA

C) onsulted: Individuals (can be as many as 10) who will communicate and provide input or guidance to the person(s) responsible. The matrix below provides a starting point for how the RACI could be applied to streamline communications and decision-making. The event team and publications are consulted. Top-Down or Bottom-Up?

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How DMCs and Destination Organizations Find Success Through Collaboration

ADMEI

Resources Looking for the perfect vendor for an upcoming event? Destination Management Companies offer the perfect balance to that big picture, as they typically specialize in details — from specific venues and vendors to transportation logistics and unique activities. Need advice for a transportation hiccup?

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Looking for Solutions to Supplier Woes and Planner Frustrations

Convene by PCMA

At times, these priorities compete against training inexperienced — or fixing issues with — vendors. Today, more than ever, these vendors are competing for talent from other industries offering more competitive salaries and work flexibility. Ask each vendor to provide an escalation path for resolving major issues.

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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

Smart Meetings

Chris Meyer, CEO of Chris Meyer Global and consultant for CLEAR, is currently planning to be at CES in person, because he has confidence in the organization. “I Vendors will host virtual experiences to familiarize participants with their products, and some companies still plan to be on site.

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