February 1, 2007 RCM

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Meetings Start with RFPs

Make your life easier and your meetings better by starting with this RFP checklist. Introduction Provide an event overview. How are sites selected? Who...

The Principles of Negotiating

Negotiating is both a science and an art. In meetings, things are going to change, and change quickly. It's important to understand the need to be flexible...

Income and Expense Planning

The key to developing an income and expense budget is to include every element that may be part of your event. It is better to maintain a complete list...

Contracts: Getting to the Fine Print

An argument can be made that the most important job of a religious meeting planner is to secure good contracts. To do this, keep these strategies in mind....

How to Be Ready for a Crisis

The key to preparing for a potential crisis at a meeting is to develop strategies for fast, accurate communication, says Nancy L. Elder, CAE director,...

Keep Tech Costs Under Control

Audiovisual and technology can be a budgetary black hole for your religious meetings. Here are ways you can avoid overspending. AV Strategies Talk with...

Food and Beverage Confidential

Looking for ways to save money on food and beverage, yet still offer meals that will please attendees? Here is a checklist that will be a great starting...

Managing Your Staff and Volunteers

Staff and volunteeers are an extension of you they make the meetings happen. Here is a list of strategies for managing your personnel. Staff and Volunteers...

Taking Good Care of Families

Family conferences come with their own set of planning challenges. Review this checklist to get a sense of the issues that need to be addressed. Nursery...

Management

Get Full Value from Retreats

When your organization needs to gain perspective on a situation and initiate change, a retreat is the way to go. Unlike a typical board meeting where...

Working With Volunteers

Volunteers are critical to the success of many religious meetings. When working with inexperienced volunteers, realize that part of your job as a meeting planner is training — not telling people to do things, but training them to do the job....

Finding Invisible Savings

Here's a crash course in Budgeting 101 from the author of Meeting Planning For Dummies, Susan Friedman, aka The Tradeshow Coach (www.thetradeshowcoach.com)....

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Georgia & The Carolinas

What's New Raleigh, N.C., threw a block party in July for 60,000 residents, officials, visitors, and event planners to celebrate the reopening of Fayetteville...

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