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Live music booking best practices

August 21, 2017 by Michael Pinchera 1 Comment

Live music booking best practices

Exploring the challenges planners face when seeking to include live music in an event’s schedule and the state of the festival scene in the U.S.

Filed Under: Attendee experience, Cost-saving strategies Tagged With: live music, talent booking

Bright ideas in the new PYM magazine!

June 19, 2017 by Michael Pinchera Leave a Comment

Bright ideas in the new PYM magazine!

Within these cost-saving tips, you’ll find some ideas that can act like a sun-filled glass of Florida orange juice—bright, eye opening and refreshing.

Filed Under: Cost-saving strategies Tagged With: cost savings, ideas

Live-stream your events for free (or on the cheap)

July 11, 2016 by Michael Pinchera 4 Comments

Live-stream your events for free (or on the cheap)

So you don’t have the budget, time and/or inclination to set up a costly live online video stream of your event. So what. Free and inexpensive solutions abound that utilize hardware you’ve already got.

Filed Under: Cost-saving strategies, Event technology Tagged With: diy, livestream

Holiday planning is cool when the weather’s hot

July 7, 2014 by Christy Lamagna, CMP, CMM, CTSM, and James S. Rota Leave a Comment

Christmas in July? You bet! Seasoned planners know now is the best time to act.

Filed Under: Cost-saving strategies Tagged With: holiday parties

Stuck with the bill, Part II

May 3, 2010 by Chance Carpenter Leave a Comment

The question that sparked this series – “What’s the most outrageous thing a venue has ever attempted to bill you for?” — was obviously loaded; I knew that when I posted it to several LinkedIn groups. My intention in asking it was to give planners and event producers an opportunity to vent their frustrations, which […]

Filed Under: Cost-saving strategies Tagged With: Advice & Best Practices, building relationships, chance carpenter, cost containment, meeting industry suppliers, outrageous fees, outrageous hotel charges, planning meetings, stuck with the bill

Stuck with the bill

February 22, 2010 by Chance Carpenter Leave a Comment

“What’s the most outrageous thing a venue has ever attempted to bill you or a client for?” It seemed like an innocuous enough question when I posted it to about five of the meetings and events-related groups I belong to on LinkedIn. When I subsequently received more than 500 comments — nearly 400 on the […]

Filed Under: Cost-saving strategies Tagged With: Advice & Best Practices, cost containment, cost effective, meeting budgets, meeting planning, outrageous hotel charges, plan meetings

Industry challenges and solutions

February 1, 2010 by Kristi Casey Sanders Leave a Comment

Despite talk of the recession being over, controlling event expenses remains a top concern for meeting professionals. At the 2010 PCMA Convening Leaders conference on January 12, Plan Your Meetings led a “Making Cents” roundtable between planners and suppliers designed to help them discover win-win solutions to current budgetary challenges. What follows is a summary […]

Filed Under: Cost-saving strategies, State of the industry Tagged With: attrition, av, budgets, contracts, f&b







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