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5 Tips for Positive and Profitable Planner-Vendor Relations

Smart Meetings

You can be the best event planner in the world and have wonderful clients who love you, but none of that will matter if you don’t have a solid team of vendors to work with. Vendors and planners need each other. A planner without a vendor cannot produce an event. Stay true to who you are.

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Your Guide to Vendor Management

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But what about vendors? Problems with a vendor can disrupt even the most well-structured of businesses, and that kind of disruption stresses your employees and often spells disaster for your clients. To avoid this particular domino effect, you need to manage your vendors well. A Vendor Management Definition.

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Ten Questions to Ask a Potential Event Vendor

Smart Meetings

Here are the 10 questions you need to ask the event tech vendor before you get started. Their answer should provide a 360-degree view of what you can expect after you have contracted with the vendor; you need to know how they will handle your account from signing to the event execution. What does my post-sale journey look like?

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected 13 December 2023 You’re probably already familiar with this popular phrase in the hospitality industry: expect the unexpected. Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays.

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Event Management Versus Event Production: What’s the Difference?

Endless Events

Some call themselves an event production agency, while others are “event management firms.” Let’s dive into the most significant differences between event production versus event management. Event Production Versus Event Management. Whichever option you choose, both vendors will make your event look effortless and high-quality.

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Is this the Answer to “No Good Event Management Software?”

Endless Events

Event management software can potentially make an event planner’s job more efficient. In this episode of the Event Tech Podcast , Will and Brandt welcome a special guest who brings a new and inexpensive solution to event management software, Rob Vaas. What Does Joi Bring to Event Management. That covers some people’s needs.

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Why Is There No Good Event Management Software?

Endless Events

The event management industry lacks robust software designed for the unique needs of the event management industry. In today’s episode, Will and Brant talk about the event management industry’s unique client base and where event management software fails to meet client needs. ” Budgeting. ” .