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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Complicated vendor setup. Waiting too long to confirm with event vendors Confirming your event with vendors includes much more than simply booking the event date and paying a deposit. Event collaboration software helps planners keep vendors, suppliers, and even stakeholders communicating prior to the event.

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How to Organize a Successful Event – 10 Top Tips for Perfect Events

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Some of the critical elements you should include in your budget are: Venue: both the rental cost and required insurance. Plan at least 20% of your budget for contingencies to avoid surprises along the way Once you’ve secured some vendors, make sure to also update the budget with your actual spendings.

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Master Conference Planning With These Pre-event Checklist Templates

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☐ Assign onsite sponsor meeting rooms if you need to. ☐ Secure a printing and promotional vendor. ☐ Establish and secure additional vendors (e.g., ☐ Determine all venue access time for staff and exhibit sponsors. ☐ Secure a certificate of insurance (COI). . ☐ Secure a certificate of insurance (COI).

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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

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Here are some other ways this master planning guide can help: You can get on the same page with vendors and caterers well in advance. This will keep investors, sponsors, and partners happy throughout the entire process. Add vendor timelines. All in all, vendors can only work with the information you give them.

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The Complete Checklist to Hosting an Event

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Whether you can serve alcohol, accessibility concerns, whether you’ll need to get additional insurance, can you bring your own catering, etc. Identify other vendors that may have dependencies with your venue choices (i.e., Sign contract with venue and vendors. Identify and contact sponsors/partners. License/permit.

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Guide for Creating a Conference Event Budget (Free Template)

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Not only are vendor prices on the rise and hard to predict, but it’s also increasingly common for hidden costs — such as permit fees, insurance, and security expenses — to impact bottom lines. Bring on Sponsors To Help Offset Costs and Increase Reach No rule says you must pay for the entire event out of your pocket.

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Event Risk Management: How To Plan for the Next Crisis

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These include: Challenges with sponsors, performers, or speakers, including pulling out at the last minute. Agreements with venues, vendors, and sponsors often have built-in clauses that accommodate the unexpected twists and turns of the post-COVID world. Stage One: Adapt. Conduct a Risk Assessment.