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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

“We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up. Choices, Choices.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

So, our blog provides comprehensive and personality-packed articles with the latest tips, tricks, and trends for event planners to create more epic events with a focus on technical production. . In fact, we suggest checking out the “Your Story” blog series if you like to see how the careers of other event profs are evolving.

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Managing Meetings Means Managing Stakeholders

MeetingsNet

Jeff Calmus, principal at Jeff Calmus & Associates, brought his experience as both a consultant and former vice president, global event management at MetLife Inc., Lester commented that this consultative role was particularly valuable now. And planners need a similar attitude, he said. “We We are the experts.

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Cvent vs Bizzabo: Which Event Management Software Is Best?

Eventtia

By providing strategic consulting services and entering into software co-development contracts, Eventtia’s clients can build the event platforms they need using Eventtia’s evolutive and configurable solutions. For more details, explore Pernod Ricard’s case study.

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Are in-person events COVID safe?

Conferences that Work

September 2021 — Are in-person events COVID safe? The risk of contracting COVID-19 during a grocery store masked visit is far less than the overall risk for everyone in the U.S. Rather, they want to know if attending the event will significantly (defined by them) increase their likelihood of contracting COVID-19.

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The Events Industry’s Top Marketing Statistics, Trends, and Data

Bizzaboo

Would you believe that 60% of leadership believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals? We’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics to inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders.

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The Essential Event Budgeting Guide 2023

Stova

Logistics Do you need special contracts, permits, or insurance in hosting your event? Your ability to estimate how much this will cost will depend mainly on the venue of your corporate event. Mitigating your Event Risk Across the Company Some attrition is inevitable. Paying for that attrition is not.

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