Strategic Meetings Management Tool Kit

Tools

The Groups and Meetings Committee of the Global Business Travel Association is in the process of developing a strategic meetings management tool kit, to roll out in 2011. The kit will include templates and other resources for each step of a strategic meetings management program: strategy, policy, communication, meeting registration, sourcing, planning, payment solutions, data reporting, and technology.

At panel discussions during GBTA's annual convention in August 2010 and at the Motivation Show in October 2010, tool kit committee members previewed some of the templates, including one to help attendees build a business plan for an SMM and another to assist in creating an executive summary.

It has not yet been determined if the tool kit will be available to nonmembers of GBTA. Check back for ongoing information and additional educational sessions.

Have your questions answered by SMM experts:

	James Vachon Associate Director Corporate Meetings and Conventions Millennium Pharmaceuticals		Ellen Connolly Director Cablevision
	Donna Patrick Senior Manager Group Meetings & Travel Medtronic, Inc.		Victoria Johnson CMP, CMM Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

What are the keys to a successful SMM? — Gretchen, from a Northeast US financial co.

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