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UPCOMING EDUCATION SESSIONS

MeetDifferent Day of Education
at IMEX Americas
"Advancing Your Strategic Meetings Management Program"
October 10, 2-3 p.m.
Las Vegas

Life Sciences Meeting Management Forum
by CBI and Medical Meetings magazine
Will include SMM education
December 14-15
San Diego

Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum
by CBI and Medical Meetings magazine
Will include SMM education
March 25-28, 2012
Orlando

SOCIAL NETWORKS

LinkedIn Group: NBTA Strategic Meetings Management Programs (SMMP)

BLOGGERS

Christopher Dwyer, Aberdeen

Kevin Iwamoto, StarCite

Debi Scholar's T&E Plus

Lisa English's SMM Matters

SignUp4's The Strategic Meetings Management Market Blog 

Chris Philp, Maxvantage, on Business Insider

On-Demand Webinars

Getting Buy-in for Strategic Meetings Management
Join MeetingsNet for a free, one-hour webinar during which SMM experts will show you how to make the case for your program, win senior-level support, and get compliance across the company.

Free

Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) Introduction & Demonstration
Learn how to set up an SMMP portal for your Intranet; implement a meeting request and approval process; automate budget estimates based on past meetings' expenses; control electronic RFP process management; manage risk.
Free

Owning Visibility and Control of Your Company's Meetings Spend
During this session, Bill Browning, a strategic sourcing and spend analyst from Aberdeen Group, and Betsy Bondurant, a meeting management consultant, will discuss key components of a strategic meetings management program; how to uncover fragmented and hidden data; how to use strategic sourcing to leverage spend; how to increase compliance; and more.
Free

Bottom-Line ROI: How to Gather, Track & Report Your Meeting Spend
Peter Matthews, CMM, principal of Meetings Analytics, will explain the value of effective data management as a critical part of a strategic meetings management program; detail which meeting metrics can—and can't—be effectively tracked; discuss strategies for enterprise-wide data gathering and management; and review key processes and pitfalls around data management from a technology and operational standpoint.
Free

Strategic Meetings Management — Approaches for Success brought to you by the Institute for Supply Management
What does it take to put a program in place? What are the keys to successful implementation and adoption? Amgen's Director, Global Strategic Sourcing, Travel, Meetings & Events Lynn Ridzon will share experiences and best practices to gain control over the meetings and events category.
Free

Meeting Professionals International Knowledge Exchange Webinars
Best Practices - Strategic Meeting Management for Planners - Parts 1 & 2
The basics of SMM, The ROI of SMM, and others
Members only

GBTA On-Demand Webinars
SMMP 101, SMM in a Shifting Marketplace
Members only