Welcome to the MeetingsNet Procurement page, where you'll find information on working strategically with procurement departments, and how to handle consolidation efforts.
Procurement
How Pharma Meeting Planner Lynn Rizdon Rose Through the Ranks
Lynn Ridzon's moment came early on in her career. It was the early 1990s and Ridzon was working as a planner in the marketing and communications department...
How to Get the CFO’s Attention
Getting buy-in from the chief financial officer is a critical component of implementing a strategic meetings management program. But for some meeting...
How Key Performance Indicators Apply to Meetings
With the success of strategic sourcing, companies are starting to apply another procurement practice to their meetings: key performance indicators. Take...
Lynn Ridzon
If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?Right where I am in sunny California What is playing on your MP3 player?Frank Sinatra, The Rippingtons...
NBTA 2007 focuses on Meeting-purchasing Best Practices
To get a sense of how big a role meeting professionals are beginning to play in the National Business Travel Association, NBTA COO and Executive Director...
Keeping up with George Odom
A decade ago, it was only trailblazers who were even thinking about global meetings consolidation. Today, it's right up there with return on investment...
New Affiliation Between ACTE and the American Purchasing Society
Bridging the gap between corporate meeting professionals and procurement executives, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Va.,...
MPI’s 2007 Futurewatch survey
There's no question that strategic meeting management is no longer just the purview of a handful of Fortune 500 companies with large, centralized meeting...
Fortune 500 Companies Form Their Own Group to Focus on SMMP
The Meetings Competitive Advantage Forum...
What Procurement Thinks of the Meeting Department
Jim Haddow has had his eye on meetings for quite some time. As chief procurement officer at A.T. Kearney, Haddow had been purchasing space and services...
Deloitte & Touche Realigns Meeting Department
MARGARET MOYNIHAN, director of strategic meetings and projects for the Global Conference Group of Deloitte & Touche, based in Wilton, Conn., has learned...
Squeezed!
Corporate Meetings & Incentives: Why don't we start by talking about what your biggest challenges are those things that keep you up at night? LINDA CARROLL-KING:...
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Apex Webinars
Creating Green-Meetings Standards
An industrywide effort to produce achievable, voluntary standards for greener meetings and events is under way. The Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX), an initiative of the Convention Industry Council, is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and ASTM International Standards to create baseline guidelines that both meeting managers and the hospitality community can embrace. Join us for a free webinar.
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What Meeting Planners Need to Know to Manage E-Meetings
Virtual meetings save time and money, get a thumbs-up from the “green” crowd, and offer new ways for companies and organizations to communicate, market, and sell. It’s time for meeting managers to start booking and managing them.
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CVB Supplement 2008
The Changing Face of CVBs
Featuring:*Changing Face of CVB's
*CVB's Go Green
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