The Book

A Meeting Planning Process provides for a clearn, concise, structured, time-sensitive PLAN for planning and executing a meeting or event under the direction of a designated host (or representative of) ... when failure is NOT an option.

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The Meeting Planning Process:  A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings by Certified Meeting Professional, Mary Jo (MJ) Wiseman, offers a commonsense approach to managing the full spectrum of the meeting planning process based on the knowledge and experience she garnered over her career as a corporate meeting and event coordinator.  The author’s systematic approach to project management helped her to get and stay focused on the task at hand while handling multiple details, projects and deadlines throughout her career.  Now she is sharing her knowledge with others so they can be all they can be. 

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The essential addition to every meeting planner's toolbox!  

 

Providing structure and tools to keep meeting planners and administrative professionals at all levels focused, on task and on time... 

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The author firmly believes it is NOT just one person who makes a meeting or event happen, but rather a well-led TEAM of dedicated, enthusiastic, talented individuals who come together to do what they do best to help organizations EXCEED PROGRAM OBJECTIVES and make them SHINE.  It is the PROCESS or the system one uses to get started that can either keep you on track or send you off the rails. 

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This Guide offers a practical overview of the entire planning process for people just starting out in the business, administrative or other professionals who are called upon  occasionally to plan meetings outside of their day-to-day responsibilities, or meeting planning veterans alike. 

 

It offers keen insights and valuable tips to help CREATE picture-perfect (and Instagram-able) EXPERIENCES for their audiences by staying true to the basic elements of the planning process.  It is intended to lead people through the proper steps and sequence of tasks such as:

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• ESTABLISHING meeting  goals, objectives, and key messaging strategies to target audiences.

• SELECTING venues and room sets that align with your intended goals and objectives.

• DEVELOPING project budgets.  (Be accountable; spend wisely.)      

• IDENTIFYING action items, task lists and timelines to keep you and your team on task and on time.

• SURROUNDING yourself with experts to make you and your organization SHINE.

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“The focus on a plan and how to develop and work that plan provide the key ingredients for how to manage a successful meeting or event while reducing the stress of multiple details and deadlines.”

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“This book provides valuable information that any corporate meeting planner will find useful.”

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“I appreciate how Mary Jo has pulled together everything to consider into one easy-to-consult tool..”

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“… the templates are priceless!”

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“If you want to expand your meeting planning abilities, I recommend checking this guide out. …. You might even discover an interesting new career.” 

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BONUS!  The Meeting Planning Process:  A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings also includes handy templates that can be tailored to your team’s specific needs, including:

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• Meeting Timeline.

• Overall Meeting Action Plan.

• Request for Proposal (RFP).

• Diagrams of meeting room sets and their potential uses.

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