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3 Creative Ways to Jazz up Your Next Meeting
The reviews from your last several events have been good. The food is acceptable. Decent enough speakers. No major problems. And, thankfully,...
WHO AM I? KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!
If you do any amount of temporary work at all, it’s bound to happen at some point, especially with the typical pharmaceutical sponsored dinner...
Solving Conflict with a Client: 3 Hypothetical Situations
Relationships with clients are complex, tricky things. They're very similar to the dynamic a teenager has with their parents. You love them, you...
Top 10 Lessons from 10 Years in Meeting Planning
I haven’t done it all; but I’ve seen a lot. I started my meeting and conference planning business in 2004 and have learned a tremendous amount along...
15 Travel Tips for Meeting Planners
We all know how crazy travelling can be these days. Unexpected delays, mishandling of luggage, scary, turbulent, white-knuckling rides...and that's...
You Know You’re a Meeting Planner When…
You're asked to do a lot more with a lot less. "Deb, we need to bring that meal cost down to 37 cents per attendee. And the Red Roof Inn is running...
What to Do When Tragedy Strikes
It’s hard listening to the news these days with everything going on in the world. As a meeting planner, my heart goes out to the people traveling to...
Questions to Ask When Checking a Vendor’s References
As Independent Meeting Planners, we've all had to hire vendors. But how do we know they’re any good? Just taking their word for it may get us more...
Tips for Negotiating a Hotel Contract
I once heard a story that the lead singer in a famous rock band always had to have a bowl of M&M’s in his hotel room but without the blue ones....
Conference Calls, the Good, the Bad, and the Please Do Us All A Favor and Hang Up!
As most of you know, there are many times when your client requires you to participate in a pre-event conference call, and sometimes these are done...
It’s Not You, It’s Me… How to Really Land a Job
You’ve sent your resume out to thousands of employers, been on hundreds of interviews, and still no job offers, why?? Must be the economy, right?...
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Tips From GCG’s On-Site Managers
An issue-free meeting is one of those mythical creatures that every Meeting Planner has heard of, but no one has ever been lucky enough to see....
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