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		<title>Is Your Business Ready to Plan Its First Event?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your business seems like it is on the verge of making it big but needs something to carry it over a hurdle, then consider planning a major event. Events can include various departments, partners, suppliers, customers, or even a combination of elements of these different groups. Here are a few key signs that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Las Vegas Fails, You Win!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that your company is no longer sending you to Las Vegas, Nevada for conventions, business meetings, or stress-break weekends? Las Vegas has noticed. During the first three-quarters of year 2009, the Las Vegas visitor head-counts are down 3.9% that they are aware of. All visitors to the area are not counted individually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Save Money On Business Meetings and Conferences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems that business meetings have is a loss of control over participants who would rather be at home cleaning their bathrooms. Even participants who enter a business meeting with good intentions can become bored and restless if machinery is malfunctioning or there are pauses in the presentation due to an agenda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The AIG Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many corporations are squirming under public scrutiny. Meetings are an essential element of corporate business; however, no one wants to be perceived a spendthrift when it comes to event planning. Ironically, teams are under more pressure than ever and get away meetings are important to corporate health. The AIG effect refers to public outcry over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unique Event and Meeting Venues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you held an event somewhere other than a hotel or convention center? There are other options, some of which are quite affordable. Any place that has enough seating for your group and can meet their needs is a potential event site. Theaters aren’t just for plays and movies these days. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combine an Incentive Reward Trip with a Conference</title>
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		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/combine-an-incentive-reward-trip-with-a-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that business meetings are often a combination of business and pleasure. People are working harder than ever to keep companies solvent. Rewarding employees is a bit more complicated; they deserve a nice trip to an exotic location yet it’s important to keep up appearances to the public. Try combining events, the reward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meetings at Sea</title>
		<link>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/meetings-at-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that business meetings are often a combination of business and pleasure. People are working harder than ever to keep companies solvent. Rewarding employees is a bit more complicated; they deserve a nice trip to an exotic location yet it’s important to keep up appearances to the public. Try combining events, the reward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Generation for the Self-Employed Meeting Planner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themeetingplannersguide.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are a meeting planner or a freelance chicken coop cleaner, one thing is clear: you need to market your services, communicate with clients, and turn leads into sales. The first two are getting easier every day. The Internet and email has helped immensely with reach-out efforts of all businesses that use it. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Planning for Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can hardly conceive a large corporate body not holding some type of meeting planning or conference. In fact, such meetings and conferences are the key to the assessment of the present status and formulating plans for the future in any large, medium, or small scale organization. The only difference is that the size and [...]]]></description>
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