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Email Shortcuts For The Busy Meeting Planner
For some of us, the email system is our favored mode of communications while we are working with an overbooked schedule. We calmly unplug our telephones, and toss our cell’s back into that business backpack were they belong. With email, communications alerts float across our computer screens as messages come in, and we stay completely up-to-date on the day’s happenings... »
Five Tips for Productive, Enjoyable Meetings
Effective meetings that are perceived as productive and enjoyable begin this success in the planning stages. Selecting a venue, determining the best seating arrangement, ensuring audio-visual equipment is reserved and set up, arranging the food and beverage component, and meeting each of your client’s specific needs are all crucial to ensuring a great meeting that is productive for the company... »
Ensuring Participants have a Satisfying Meeting Experience
Every meeting planner knows that breaking the ice at the beginning of a meeting, incorporating activities that liven things up a bit during the event, and making sure that participants are prepared with agendas and materials are important parts of ensuring a successful, productive meeting that will reflect well on your meeting planning services. Whether or not you will be... »
Arranging Your Meeting Room for a Productive Planning Session
Corporate meetings that include planning or brainstorming sessions need to be productive, need to stay on task and need to be in an environment that promotes clear, easy communication. The person conducting the meeting will be in charge of keeping the participants on task and moving them towards their goals, but the meeting planner can assist in creating an atmosphere... »
How Meeting Planners Save Time: The Art Of Shopping For Promo Items
As many meeting planners can tell you, the acquisition process to procure the necessary meeting “go-with’s” is not always as easy as it sounds. When corporations need to have their logo printed onto the important meeting folders, those souvenir “keep this meeting moving” advertising pens, and some handy “sit down and listen” travel mugs, life can turn ugly fast if... »
San Diego CVB – A New Approach to Site Inspection
In the summer of 2009, the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau debuted its new initiative for site inspection. The move, according to Margie Sitton, senior VP of sales, was made to help event and meeting planners manage their site inspection time more wisely. The overall initiative included education of everyone involved with the CVB. By doing this, when a... »
San Diego’s Not-So-Hidden Gem
Downtown San Diego is home to a state-of-the-art convention center, a number of upscale hotels and meeting spaces, and a plethora of world-class dining, shopping and entertainment opportunities. Among the neighborhoods that make up downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter is perhaps the most desirable and is the hippest area in town, with the city’s finest in dining and nightlife.... »
Promoting Your Meeting Planning Services with Promotional Products
Meeting planners must constantly promote their services to bring in new clients and to ensure that past customers remember them the next time they are in need of a meeting planner. Most meeting planners are well aware of the power of networking and recognize this as a primary marketing tool for advertising their business. When attending networking mixers, tabling at... »
What Makes a Good Meeting Destination?
What type of destination is good for meetings in a recession? Affordable places that are well-equipped with facilities and unique amenities, and accessible by car are among the best these days. Most groups are looking for destinations that offer good value, instead of booking high-profile cities or resorts. Here are three rising stars, offering value along with new facilities: Columbia, South Carolina... »
Marketing for Meeting Planners – Using Social Media
Regardless of the career specialty you choose as a meeting planner, one thing is certain: the Internet can be your best friend when it comes to marketing your meeting planning business. More specifically, social media can often be the tipping point from a publicized meeting to a well-publicized event. Here are some ideas to consider to make social media work... »