How to Save on Staffing
Here are some tips on how meeting planners can save money on staffing. Click here to add your own tips, or to edit any of these.
- Hire on-site registration and secretarial staff instead of paying staff to travel.
- Know local overtime restrictions and regulations.
- Schedule staff at straight time to avoid overtime.
- Pay staff travel per diem. Outline exactly what they're allowed to spend on meals and transportation.
- Use interns and volunteers as much as possible.
Sources: Jason Eggleston, operations manager, meeting logistics, American Society of Microbiology, Washington, D.C.; Barbara Dunlavey, CMP, CAE, executive director, Biomedical Engineering Society, Landover, Md., Vicky Betzig, CMP, founder, Meetings Industry Consulting, Brookfield, Wisc.; Christine Simpson, CMP, meeting planner, Gas Processors Association, Tulsa, Okla.; Gary Rosenberg, CMP, partner, Rosenberg and Risinger, Culver City, Calif.; Sandy Biback, CMP CMM
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