It's not a glamorous process. And it doesn't happen overnight. In fact, rolling out a strategic meetings management program is a pretty labor-intensive job that's often met with some tough resistance...

Where to start? The first step in creating a preferred supplier program is to partner with your procurement department — if you have one. Together you will draft detailed Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) documents that...

Work with administrative assistants—not against them—to manage meetings.

An overview of technology tools — online meeting registry, hotel sourcing, budgeting, and registration — that maximize the benefits of an SMMP

When developing a successful strategic meetings management program, communications planning is critical

Getting your arms around meetings spend is one of the most challenging aspects of developing a strategic meetings management program. Spend is typically decentralized and rarely falls into a consistent “meetings and events” line item in the...