Best Practices

Best Practices

Key Details Every RFP Should Have

The RFP process is a crucial step in any procurement process. It ensures fairness, transparency, and informed decision-making for both organizations and vendors. But don’t let that scare you if it’s your first time dealing with vendors. Follow this template and things should run smoothly.

Best Practices

United Raises Miles for Make-A-Wish

This giving season, United Airlines is encouraging its customers to donate miles to Make-A-Wish America to support efforts to grant life-changing wishes for children who are battling critical illnesses. According to Make-A-Wish, more than 70 percent of wishes require some form of travel. Every donated United airline mile, which never expire, helps children and their families fly across the country to participate in transformative experiences.

Best Practices

First Time Meeting Planner Guide

Step 1: Don’t Panic. Step 2: Follow this road map. Congratulations on being tasked with planning the next meeting! This is a great opportunity to showcase your organizational skills and creativity. Here are some steps you can follow to ensure that the meeting is a success: Pre-Meeting Planning The success of a meeting often hinges […]

Best Practices

Green Convention Center Site Selection Check List

Here are 10 things to look for when searching for a facility that can accommodate a sustainable event. If a convention center has a LEED certification, it’s a pretty save bet that it has a top-notch sustainability program. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world’s most widely used green building rating system. […]

Best Practices

What’s The Best Virtual Event Strategy?

GlobalMeet’s Frank Paterno explores all the options Frank Paterno is the senior vice president of marketing and customer success at GlobalMeet, a scalable, flexible and secure event solution built and backed by event professionals who have extensive experience in facilitating engaging and accessible virtual and hybrid events. We had a Zoom meeting with Frank recently […]

Best Practices

U.S. Winter Outlook: Wetter South, Warmer North

Planners Should Take Note of Weather Pattern Predictions As we move into the fall/winter meetings and events season, the weather can become increasingly unpredictable. This can negatively impact meetings and events in a number of ways. Weather events can cause flight delays or cancellations that can disrupt the agenda of a meeting or event. They […]

Best Practices

Travel Companies Honored For Fighting Sex Trafficking

Six organizations selected as the top members of The Code organization for 2023. Recently, The Code, a multi-stakeholder initiative with the mission to provide awareness, tools and support to the travel and tourism industry to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, recognized its six top member companies for 2023. The companies were selected due to […]

Best Practices

Keep Your Fall Event COVID-19 and Flu Free

Should your event attendees get double-vaxed this fall? September and October have traditionally been the big months for flu shots. This time frame is also prime time for COVID-19 boosters in a post-pandemic world. For organizations hosting meetings and events this fall, the question is: Should we encourage attendees to get flu shots and COVID-19 […]

Best Practices

Event Security Planning: Insights from DNC & RNC

During the Republican National Convention (RNC) heavily armed security boats patrolled the Milwaukee River to deter potential threats. The recent Democratic National Convention (DNC) Chicago police officers underwent constitutional policing and de-escalation training. The security plans for both conventions offer valuable lessons for meetings and events planners.

Subscribe

to receive every two weeks our newsletter with unique meeting event planning information!

* indicates required
MeetingsEvents.com