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Inside WorldatWork’s Speaker Coaching Program

Convene by PCMA

Mesmer has added new voices to the list of speakers, including young professionals who are on the rise in the industry. It’s a sweeping transformation, and one that relied heavily on the association’s investment in something that often doesn’t get a lot of attention: speaker coaching.

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

Smart Meetings

By signing a contract with a venue, meeting planners can quickly lose their freedom to choose their AV provider. What types of customer service training are you doing for your employees? What does your training program look like for new hires? That way, speakers can see who they are talking to in the seats.

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Get in touch with anyone the change affects, from venues to vendors to speakers.

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Don’t Ask for a Covid Force Majeure Clause Now, and Other Advice from a Hotel Attorney

Smart Meetings

Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Phoenix-based hotel attorney Lisa Devlin sat down for some rapid-fire questions about what is and isn’t working today and offered her prescription for a win-win solution to trading contract clauses. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses.

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Reflections on ADMEI 2024 Annual Conference: “In the Zone”

ADMEI

This year’s conference successfully attracted the highest attendance that ADMEI has seen in years with nearly 250 in attendance , from sponsors and exhibitors to speakers and attendees, including 91 first-time attendees. We left inspired by meaningful connections and equipped with industry best practices. Want to delve deeper?

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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

Smart Meetings

Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already.

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Lessons from IMEX Frankfurt to Look for at IMEX America

Smart Meetings

Generally, we offer 10 tracks, but we are narrowing that down with lots of exciting speakers and topics to help give people more clarity,” she said. One feature that was well-received in Frankfurt was the addition of an overflow area outside sessions where people can have one-on-one conversations with speakers.

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