Budget Planning As budgets become more and more scrutinized, it’s imperative that planners stay within budget and don’t surpass their allotted spending capacity. Sometimes business meeting professionals might reason that an extra expenditure is the perfect accent to make a meeting memorable. However, going over budget never helps an event planner, even...
Measuring Success with Phillips ROI Methodology Gone are the days when the typical business meeting planner was given a budget, asked to organize an event and when all was said and done, simply added the cost to the company’s year-end marketing expenses. With new federal legislation being passed that demands greater accountability for corporate spending, meeting...
How to Cut Technology Costs Audiovisual equipment and presentation technology is essential to meetings and events. Although projectors and 35 mm slides used to be high-tech, the meeting world has rapidly evolved and embraced laptops, remote controls, high-definition screens and two-way radios. The use of this equipment has become a measure of credibility and overall...