Special Report
Strategic Meetings Management
A one-stop information source about strategic meeting management programs.
Best Practices in SMMP
Didn't Take TARP Funds? You're Still a Target.The government bailout of banks and the current focus on healthcare reform is combining to put intense focus on the insurance and financial services industry. You need to know how to get your story straight and survive the scrutiny with meetings intact.... Growing an SMMPTom Tolve on the biggest challenges he faced implementing a strategic meetings management program at Novo Nordisk ... |
Make It HappenIt's downright exhausting at times. It can take years to do. Starting a strategic meetings management program is a tough job that's often met with even..... 20 Changemakers - 2009These individuals have driven SMMP in their companies, advanced their roles as meeting pros, and are helping to take our industry to the next level.... |
How To
Attention Shoppers! Buyer’s Guide: Strategic Meeting Management SoftwareMeeting management software today can increase compliance with corporate policies and give planners powerful reports to share with executives... Show me the Money: Build a Business Plan for your SMMPIf there’s a pitch to be made in corporate meeting planning right now, it’s the one for implementing a strategic meetings management program. “Launching an SMMP involves an internal sell, so start with a business plan,” says Lisa English, CMP, CMM, president and chief strategist at Meeting Dimensions in Temecula, Calif... 15 Steps for Managing Meeting Spend in Tough Economic TimesThought leaders in the Strategic Meetings Management movement, the six-step process for identifying, leveraging, and managing a company’s meeting spend... |
Get Smart About Meeting CardsThe bottom line: Meeting cards work first as a discovery tool, then as a control, and ultimately as a way to make the entire meeting management process more efficient.... 6 Tips for Choosing SMMP SoftwareOn-premises or On-demand? On-premises software is installed and run on servers on the premises of the company that has purchased the software... |
SMMP Wisdom: A Column by Betsy Bondurant
Getting Started With SMMPA step-by-step action plan for starting a strategic meetings management program.... Be Strategic: Centralize Your Spend DataOur new columnist Betsy Bondurant breaks a strategic meetings management plan into its components, starting with how to determine companywide meetings spend.... How to Find Those Meeting PlannersRounding up the nonprofessional meeting planners scattered throughout a company is an ongoing challenge. Betsy Bondurant of Bondurant Consulting, has a few tricks up her sleeve... |
SMMP Technology 101Technology is the heart of any strategic meetings management program. By deploying a technology solution, you can better understand your company's meetings activity and start to strategically manage your spend... Visibility is Everything!The intense scrutiny our industry has received from the government and the press points to an even greater need to register, approve, and track company meetings... Communicate CompanywideIt's not enough to send out a corporate-wide e-mail telling everyone about your new SMMP — you need to spread your message frequently, using a variety of approaches to reach a diverse audience... |
SMMC Certification
Testing Times for SMMP
Board member of the National Business Travel Association, co-founder of NBTA's Groups and Meetings Committee, and former global manager, Honeywell Meeting...
Research on SMMP
Meeting Management Lags Travel Management, Study FindsThe trend in large corporations is toward “strategic meetings management,” meaning that enterprise meeting spend gets tracked and leveraged, the request-for-proposal process is managed according to company policy, and contracting is centralized to eliminate as much risk as possible. ... |
MPI’s Strategic Meetings Management Process HandbookDeveloped by global corporate planners who have successfully implemented a Strategic Meetings Management Process in their own organizations, the handbook is a practical application to create an SMMP within your organization... |
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