Webinars

 
  • We made the RFP process what it is, so why can’t we help fix it, too? It doesn’t have to be a Really Frustrating Process—does it?

    Near the top of many industry peoples’ lists of things that keep them up at night—whether they are a meeting professional/buyer or a vendor/seller—is the RFP process and its many components. Join the discussion and roll your sleeves up with your peers on both sides of the buyer/seller coin as we tackle some of the stickiest RFP issues and ideas on what to do about them. Gary Hernbroth, of Training for Winners, will be the thought leader and provocateur as he discusses the RFP process to help everyone do better business—together.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Participants from both sides of the buying-selling equation will gain first-hand exposure to what the other side feels are the most important elements to the improvement of the RFP process.
    2. Learn which elements work to bog RFP processes down and what can be done to improve them.
    3. Gain best-practice ideas on making your own RFP process better.
    • Gary Hernbroth

      Gary Hernbroth is an engaging, impactful professional speaker, trainer and business coach who inspires his audiences and clients to achieve greater success. Various clients have nicknamed Gary their strength and conditioning coach based on the measurable results he helps create for them.

      Gary founded Training for Winners in 1995 after 18 years in the hospitality and meetings business in sales, marketing and operations management. He partners with clients from various industries such as national and regional associations, hospitality businesses (hotels, resorts, convention facilities and CVBs/DMOs), club management, small businesses and Fortune 1000 companies. His meetings industry speaking experience includes MPI, ASAE, HSMAI, PCMA, CMAA and IAVM. His executive coaching program was highlighted in Selling Power Magazine. He is a frequent print and online author and is completing work on his first book.

      He is a graduate of The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University and currently serves on its Alumni Board of Directors, where he mentors students as they prepare to enter the workplace. To connect with Gary, you can reach him at gary@trainingforwinners.com or 925-736-9392.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • As an event professional, you take care of everyone—your client, your sponsors, your vendors and your attendees. When you do you take care of yourself? Event planning is a stressful career, and if you don't take time to care for yourself, you won't be able to take care of anyone else. Join this interactive and fun webinar with the self-care expert Breeda Miller. You will learn how to take a break BEFORE you break so you can serve your clients and not lose yourself in the process.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Participants will learn ways to anticipate and respond to stressful situations.
    2. Participants will understand and act upon techniques to increase self-care practices.
    3. Participants will develop skills to increase the use of humor as a coping mechanism in stressful situations.
    • Breeda Miller
      Breeda Miller works with organizations to support professional and family caregivers to be healthier and more productive. Her self-care strategies help caregivers care better for others, reduce stress and burnout. Breeda is a caregiver with a voice and message that resonates with audiences worldwide. She cared for her mother for eight years including hospice care. Her focus on self-care seamlessly connects with Wellness and Work/Life Balance needs. As an award-winning author and speaker, Breeda brings humor and the power of story to create a lasting impact.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • As a meeting or event professional, you want to foster inclusion for employees, members, volunteers and participants. What is legally or culturally expected varies state to state, and it is fiscally responsible to improve event practices to meet these expectations. This program will teach meeting and event professionals how to keep attendees feeling safe, welcome and included as well as how to implement free to cheap elements to foster an inclusive environment and meet expectations before accidentally excluding others.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Know what you don’t know to manage rise and unexpected exclusionary actions.
    2. Utilize existing tools, resources and spaces without having to spend any of your limited budget to foster inclusivity and a sense of belonging to increase retention.
    3. Develop new questions to address invisible needs.
    • Jessica Pettitt

      Jessica Pettitt, M.Ed., pulls together her stand-up comedy years with 15+ years of diversity training in a wide range of organizations to serve groups to move from abstract fears to actionable habits that lead to teams that want to work together. With a sense of belonging and understanding, colleagues take more risks with their idealization, conserve precious resources through collaboration, and maintain real connections with clients over time.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • Catering is often the largest part of a master account, but many planners accept inflated prices, unrealistic minimums, setup fees and other charges without negotiation. This session will help planners see where the profit centers are and where there are more leverage and latitude in negotiating group catering. The webinar will discuss the profit and loss statement in catering, and with that insider knowledge, planners will learn how to maximize their budget.

    Learning Objectives

    1. You’ll learn how to trace hotels expenses through food cost, beverage cost, setup staff and culinary personnel.
    2. Learn how to negotiate specific monetary areas like room rentals, setup fees, bartender fees, service charges and many other areas to immediately improve your negotiations and maximize your meeting’s ROI.
    3. Know how to negotiate value-added items that hotels can extend to you, including upgraded linen, menus, props, themes and other areas to deliver an exceptional event at little or no increased cost.
    • Tom Pasha

      Tom Pasha has been recognized as one of the top event planners in the planning industry. Starting in hotel operations positions as a caddy, bellman, bartender and cook, Tom began his management career as a Hyatt management trainee in Chicago. He held sales management positions throughout the Hyatt organization, working in 12 Hyatt hotels over 20 years. Tom was director of sales at Hyatt hotels in Greenville, San Antonio and Chicago O’Hare, and as director of sales, he started the National Sales Office for Hyatt hotels in Omaha. He won sales manager of the year, sales director of the year and the Donald M. Pritzker Award for Excellence.

      Tom went into meeting planning and founded CONTACT Planning, a national meeting planning company with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. Tom’s company books over 100,000 roomnights annually, working with corporate and association clients.

      In addition to his planning responsibilities, Tom teaches the Meeting Planning Mastermind, a series of classes ranging from one hour to two full days, training planners about the inner workings of hotels to make them more effective negotiators. The sessions are full accredited for Continuing Education Hours for both CMP and CAE.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • An interactive presentation, contextualizing sustainability within the meetings and events industry, this webinar will chart the development of sustainable events from early iterations to the multitude of issues and challenges faced today. Opportunities are just as plentiful, so we will expand on these, propose ideas and show how to build a business case, culminating in seven simple steps to getting executive buy-in. We conclude with 15 quick wins that will ensure a constructive outcome for all.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Get woke to the issues facing our world today.
    2. Get inspiring ideas for kick-starting positive change.
    3. Learn seven steps to getting executive approval and 15 things you can do now.
    • Tom Lambregts

      Tom Lambregts is the marketing manager for BCD Meetings & Events. Previously at Grass Roots, he produced and co-edited the award-winning Meetings Industry Report. Starting his career at Clarion Events, he then went on to become head of marketing at Earls Court and Olympia London where he directed and delivered the award-winning rebranding of the venues. Tom specializes in digital and content-led marketing and maintains a keen interest in music and reading.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • We are seeing a common and alarming trend that hotels are charging exorbitant amounts to use their Wi-Fi for your events. Sometimes this number can be well into the thousands, but you have options and you don’t always need to layout $30,000 to have event Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi fees are negotiable and there are ways to cut costs! Will Curran is going to guide you through how to save on hotel Wi-Fi. From simple steps to negotiation tips, he lays it all out there. After the webinar, you’ll be on your way to breaking through the costs and saving money on your hotel event Wi-Fi.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Learn the technical specifications to look at when it comes to Wi-Fi.
    2. Learn how to negotiate Wi-Fi costs within conference centers and hotels.
    3. Learn the tips to make your Wi-Fi safe and secure.
    • Will Curran
      As founder of Endless Events, Will Curran has been named one of the 40 under 40 event industry leaders, 35 entrepreneurs under the age of 35 and Inc Magazine’s Coolest College Start-Up all before graduating college. Will has been producing events since high school when he started his first company and has now worked in production of large event clients, such as Emerald City Comicon, Anheuser-Busch, Color Run, Morton Salt and Uber. His team’s mission is to simplify the event planning process by creating the equation for an event’s perfect solution. They also relentlessly seek to be the name in customer service in the events industry. From event logistics to business development to technical production, Curran has a diverse background in growing events and companies to the next level.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • We can all agree it’s more fun to participate than to only watch, so why would we ask attendees to stay attendees when they could become participants in the action? In this webinar, we’ll examine strategies, approaches and technologies that can be deployed to help meet business, brand, sales and marketing objectives for your events, while building stronger relationships with your audiences.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Understand the differences between events and experiences.
    2. Get basic strategic principles, from portfolio planning to measurement and optimization.
    3. Explore experience design methodologies, including security, experience platform development and journey mapping.
    4. What major brands are doing to drive engagement and become more memorable.
    5. How to personalize experiences at scale.
    • Lindsay
      A lover of automation, ice sculptures and pie, Lindsay joined Pathable Event Apps in 2016, aiming to bridge the gap between events and technology for associations, corporations and nonprofits. She started her career as an events manager and marketing consultant at an independent events company, Nifty Method, nearly 20 years ago. Along the way, she got her CMP, worked with companies like Ford Motor Company, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Sirius XM and the Nonprofit Technology Network, and realized she could never go to a concert again without asking herself, “How does that rigging attach to that floating stage?”

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

  • Sometimes little errors can cause big problems. Lisa Sommer Devlin, an attorney who has represented hotels regarding event contracts for over 25 years, will highlight some of the most common contract mistakes that she sees in her practice and gives you tips on how to avoid legal disputes.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Learn common contracting mistakes that are most likely to lead to disputes.
    2. Learn negotiation tips to help you get a better contract.
    • Lisa Sommer Devlin
      Lisa Sommer Devlin's legal practice has concentrated in hospitality law for 25 years. She drafts standardized contracts, provides legal training and handles meeting related litigation for chain and independent hotels. Meeting News magazine named her one of the 25 most influential people in the meeting industry in 2002 and 2006, saying: “More than anyone else, she is the legal voice for the industry.” She speaks at countless industry events and was named a 2012 “Best in Class” speaker by PCMA.

    Contact information

    Please contact Camille Moore for questions about this session. 

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