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A key component of the meeting planning process is site search and selection. A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) template is an essential must-have in your meeting planning toolbox to help facilitate this element of the planning process.

A Meeting Timeline (sometimes referred to as a "task list") is a time sensitive document and plays an integral role in the Meeting Planning Process to help keep your planning team on time and on task.

Effective audio-visual support is crucial for delivering powerful meeting messages. Explore expert strategies for working with production companies to maximize your event's impact.It is important to consider how your key messages will be conveyed during a meeting. Learn key strategies in this post to effectively work with an A-V production company to ensure your key messages achieve the impact you're hoping for and your audience deserves.

Whether you live on sailboat or are preparing for and managing an on-site meeting, having a well stocked first aid kit is paramount to ensuring the health and safety of your guests. Be prepared. Travel Safe. Know what first aid supplies to include in your first aid kit and how best to store the supplies.

My site inspection review of the Doubletree by Hilton Minneapolis Airport

Meeting Planners utilize their project management expertise, planning skills and attention to detail to help create and deliver events that meet or exceed expectations. They add value to an organization by drawing upon their knowledge of the hospitality industry to manage expenses and minimize risk by negotiating the best all-around rates and paying special attention to contract terms.

Learn the FIVE (+1) core competencies that meeting planners need to strive for in order to be successful in this post by author Mary Jo Wiseman.

Life/Work Balance is my "(+1) Competency Must-have for Meeting Planners" (or anyone for that matter and may ultimtely be the most important aspect to a person's health and well-being. Discover a few quick tips that helped me maintain my life/work balance.

A comprehensive and well thought out marketing strategy must raise awareness, generate interest and help drive registration. Your overall method of communication and the vehicles you use to get your message out to meeting participats is paramount to getting them to understand what the meeting is all about, the benefits to them for attending, securing their buy-in ..... My Core Competency Must-Have #5: Communication & Marketing will help you do just that.