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Will Meetings Thrive in 2024?

Smart Meetings

Read More : Hospitality and Humanity Meet to Solve Hotel Staffing Crisis When hotels do respond, they often omit information in their proposals and contracts that had been discussed, information that is critical in the buyer’s decision-making process. An important shift will need to be “hotels need to re-staff,” Edwards states.

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10 Important Technology Questions to Ask in Your Next RFP

Smart Meetings

The process for creating a request for proposal (RFP) has wildly changed now that virtual and hybrid events are regularly in our repertoire. Do you need to account for company or sponsor logos? Will attendees need an opportunity to interact with sponsors? Vendor Support. Will you have the vendor support you need?

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Mastering the Art of Event Technology: Expert Tips for Making Your Next Event a Success

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It can also provide a valuable opportunity for sponsors and partners to reach a wider audience, as well as generate post-event content. Use Event Technology to Engage Your Sponsors and Vendors Utilizing event technology can go a long way in engaging not just attendees, but also sponsors and vendors.

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How Two Virtual Meetings Added Meaning to their Gatherings

Smart Meetings

That is why he proposed to the board that they produce the chapter’s first virtual event ever, and the group’s first gathering of any kind in two years. Catuogno explained that despite Zoom fatigue, he was going to make the experience festive and compelling by staging it in a virtual world with help from sponsor Allseated ’s exVo 3D tool.

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The 10-Step Guide to Nonprofit Event Planning

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Will the event require sponsors? Operations Manager: An event operations manager oversees vendor communication. Operations managers negotiate prices, book vendors, place supply orders, and communicate vendor details between the planning team, venue, and benefiting organization. Are you selling tickets to the event?

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Hackathon Points to More Biases in Twitter Algorithm

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The second place winner of an algorithmic bias bounty contest sponsored by Twitter showed how Twitter’s image-cropping algorithm cropped out people with white or grey hair. Courtesy of Twitter ).

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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. ☐ Establish and secure additional vendors (e.g., ☐ Determine all fabrication and branding needs.