01 Jun 10 Top 3 Reasons Why Businesses Need Meeting Planners
Anyone who has ever heard of meeting planners may have questioned the value of having dedicated personnel handling some or all of the aspects of planning a cruise meeting. After all, could these same plans not simply be conducted by other personnel? The answer is both yes and no, and here are the top three reasons why:
1. It is possible for other employees to handle even planning, but they will probably be far less efficient than an event planner. Their own tasks and chores will suffer as a result of having to multitask more than normal.
2. Anyone who is dedicated to a certain task is likely to perform it better than someone who is only doing that task because nobody else can. This holds true for event planning and coordinating meetings as well.
3. Contacts and associations are valuable tools that can be leveraged. Those workers who do not spend time coordinating meetings are unlikely to build these relationships or develop to the point where they can be leveraged effectively.
In short, it is easy to see why businesses need meeting planners, even if they are not full-time employees. For those businesses with modest planning needs, consider a part-time or freelance meeting planner.
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18 Nov 09 How to Make Networking Fun
Whether you’re on your own or an employee of another company, you know how important it is to get in touch–and stay in touch–with almost everyone. This is so important that some people are starting their own networking clubs, and many of them are highly successful. Here are some ways to start your own networking club.
First, find out how many people might be interested in your networking group. You could go so far as to post an ad in Craigslist, but you could also post on industry-specific websites if you want to be more particular. Give yourself a few weeks to establish about how many you might expect at your first event.
Next, contact some of your suppliers. See if they would be willing to offer wares and services in exchange for invitations. For instance, you could ask your beverage supplier to bring her best offerings for samples and then give her “prime real estate” in the layout of your networking event. Make sure these contacts include properties so you will have a cheap or free place to hold your own event.
Then do what you do best and plan it. No one knows better how to design, arrange, prepare, and execute an event better than those in your field, so make sure your events are top-notch even if they are only for twenty people. And keep in mind that they don’t need to be big events–you already know quality counts.
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