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5 P’s for Event Professionals to Survive–and Thrive–in the Face of the Coronavirus

Thriving Defined by Shawn EllisView speaker!

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Thriving Defined by Shawn Ellis

A personal message from Shawn Ellis, Founder of The Speakers Group These are interesting times we find ourselves in. Not only is the coronavirus spreading rapidly around the world–now officially being recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization–but fear and panic along with it. Did you stock up on toilet paper yet? For […]

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Inspirational speakers, Motivational Speakers, Planner Tips Tagged With: Coronavirus, Event Strategies

Social Media and Your Meeting: No Longer an Optional Topic

By TSG

photo credit: JeffSands This blog post is for business leaders, meeting professionals, and others who plan events. At The Speakers Group, clients expect us to offer innovative speaker suggestions to help them make their next event the best ever, and it has become clear that the topic everyone wants to know about today is social […]

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Organizational Excellence, Planner Tips, Social Media Speakers Tagged With: Social Media, Social Media and Associations, Social Media and Corporations, social media and event planning, social media and government, social media and healthcare, Social Media and Higher Education, Social Media and Human Resources, Social Media and Small Business, social media speakers

Ben Stein Defends Business Meetings

By TSG

Our thanks to Ben Stein for speaking out about the importance of the meetings industry on CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5075350n%3fsource=search_video Way to go, Ben!

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Planner Tips

MPI One+ Article Addresses Managing Speaker Costs

By TSG

The online edition of MPI’s June 2009 One+ magazine includes an article about how meeting and event professionals can manage speaker costs in the current economic climate: “Talk Ain’t Cheap: How to secure a speaker for your event with as little fiscal pain as possible.” Robert Farmer, author of the article, writes: For planners, the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Book Review, Event Management, Planner Tips Tagged With: how to negotiate with speakers, increase meetings ROI, meetings and ROI, ROI speakers

Meeting Trends Highlight ROI, Value and Hope

By TSG

Benchmark Hospitality International announced its “Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2009” in March, based on observations from their 30 conference hotels, resorts and conference centers in the United States and Asia. A few notable highlights: Trend #1: The Business of Meetings is Business This year more than ever before, the business of meetings is straight-up […]

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Organizational Excellence, Planner Tips Tagged With: increase meetings ROI, meetings and ROI, ROI speakers, Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2009, value of meetings

Social Media Networking and Your Events

By TSG

Still trying to figure out if the “hot” social media tools have a place in your events? Or trying to figure out how to incorporate these tools into your toolbox? There’s a great post at Event Solutions with tips from event planners utilizing some of these new technologies. The premise: How are event pros using […]

Filed Under: Blog, Event Management, Planner Tips Tagged With: social media and event planning, social media tools for events, web 2.0 for meetings

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