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Will You Add? - Ten Secrets of Super Successful Meeting Planners
Implementing a bar-coding system can be difficult without the care and discipline any serious undertaking requires. That means preparing yourself and your staff for the job at hand and setting aside the time to properly implement the barcode systems that will become an integral part of your overall business information system.When designing any business process it's always best to start out with a plan that outlines the steps involved. To start, your team needs to develop a list of requirements. Requirements are statements that define the action or result you want the system to do for you.To find your requirements ask yourself and your staff questions such as:• What are my bottle necks? (Every business has bottlenecks) • How long does my raw material sit around? • How long does invento
Yul Kwon, the winner of the 13th season of Survivor, is quite accomplished. He's a graduate of UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Yale Law School. He's worked as a law clerk to a federal judge and as a legislative aide to Senator Joe Lieberman. Most recently he's worked as an independent business consultant and a business strategist at Google. Quite a resume for a 31 year old!And yet, according to his friends, he's still searching for his true calling...a way to make a difference.Since filming ended he's been taking time off to connect with friends and explore his interests. Although this may provide him with clues to his true calling, a random exploration of possibilities may not lead him to his dream career.Just as Yul used strategy to win Survivor, there's a strategy he can use to discover his true c
The purpose of this article is to look at ten skills that help make a super successful meeting planner, and how you can take this expertise and use it to enhance the great job you’re already doing.
1. Planning and organizing
The most common reason shows go wrong lies in the simple fact that not enough time is devoted to adequate planning and preparation. And, many of those shows that are believed to have been successful, are often more by chance than through actual organization. Super successful meeting planners have both a strategic and tactical plan of action. They then use the following five basic questions as their foundation before making any arrangements:
- Where does this meeting fit into our corporate marketing strategy?
- Why are we meeting?
- What is the purpose of the meeting?
- Who should attend the meeting?
- What is our budget?
2. Taking care of details
So much of putting a meeting together means taking care of the details, and there are usually more of these than you care to think about. Being detail-oriented is a definite plus. The key to so much of a meeting planner’s success is having a system that works. Creating checklists is one of the best I know. With the hundreds of pieces that make up the meeting puzzle, the only way to put them together and keep tabs on all the details, is with a checklist. Become a checklist fan
First, this post is not about magic, or how to perform magic. It's about getting a position in a restaurant performing your particular brand of magic.Working as a close-up performer in a restaurant is probably the easiest way for the inexperienced magician to gain valuable 'face time'. It's also one of the best ways to develop your close-up skills and work on your confidence.Working the same location, week after week, requires a different strategy and finesse from say - working birthday parties. Approaching friends, family, and co-workers to get a birthday gig is one thing - approaching the general manager of a national restaurant chain is something else.Here is a list of tips I consider "essential ":(1) Look for the proper type of Restaurant -It will be your responsibility,
The purpose of this article is to look at ten skills that help make a super successful meeting planner, and how you can take this expertise and use it to enhance the great job you’re already doing.
1. Planning and organizing
The most common reason shows go wrong lies in the simple fact that not enough time is devoted to adequate planning and preparation. And, many of those shows that are believed to have been successful, are often more by chance than through actual organization. Super successful meeting planners have both a strategic and tactical plan of action. They then use the following five basic questions as their foundation before making any arrangements:
- Where does this meeting fit into our corporate marketing strategy?
- Why are we meeting?
- What is the purpose of the meeting?
- Who should attend the meeting?
- What is our budget?
2. Taking care of details
So much of putting a meeting together means taking care of the details, and there are usually more of these than you care to think about. Being detail-oriented is a definite plus. The key to so much of a meeting planner’s success is having a system that works. Creating checklists is one of the best I know. With the hundreds of pieces that make up the meeting puzzle, the only way to put them together and keep tabs on all the details, is with a checklist. Become a checklist fa
Most businesses accept credit cards and consider the process fees a cost of doing business. However by implementing an ACH payment system you can realize dramatic savings and increase sales.ACH refers to the Automated Clearing House and generically means moving money electronically to and from checking and savings accounts. An example would be a check by phone or taking recurring payments directly from a checking account.The MAJOR difference between ACH and credit card processing is that a credit card transaction “captures” the merchant’s funds from the consumer and essentially guarantees payment. An ACH transaction is a request to transfer funds. The transaction may reject for several reasons with the most common being NSF (non sufficient funds) or a closed account. The funds are n
- Where does this meeting fit into our corporate marketing strategy?
- Why are we meeting?
- What is the purpose of the meeting?
- Who should attend the meeting?
- What is our budget?
2. Taking care of details
So much of putting a meeting together means taking care of the details, and there are usually more of these than you care to think about. Being detail-oriented is a definite plus. The key to so much of a meeting planner’s success is having a system that works. Creating checklists is one of the best I know. With the hundreds of pieces that make up the meeting puzzle, the only way to put them together and keep tabs on all the details, is with a checklist. Become a checklist fa
The curse of every hard working manager. Love or hate them, with geographically dispersed teams and travel restrictions, conference calls are here to stay as a communication medium in the workplace. If you want to stand out from your work colleauges, then follow these simple do’s and don’ts of effective conference calls. Here are my favourite conference call experiences; · a barking dog drowns out the key discussion point, bad enough, but the owner then starts shouting at his pet. · a thirsty caller uses the hold button whilst slipping out to get a drink, unaware hold music starts playing to everyone on the call. · a talkative colleague uses the mute button to moan about the call, stopping you answering the question from the senior manager you are trying to impress. Obviously I wo
- Where does this meeting fit into our corporate marketing strategy?
- Why are we meeting?
- What is the purpose of the meeting?
- Who should attend the meeting?
- What is our budget?
2. Taking care of details
So much of putting a meeting together means taking care of the details, and there are usually more of these than you care to think about. Being detail-oriented is a definite plus. The key to so much of a meeting planner’s success is having a system that works. Creating checklists is one of the best I know. With the hundreds of pieces that make up the meeting puzzle, the only way to put them together and keep tabs on all the details, is with a checklist. Become a checklist fa
I often ask clients to tell me about the management and leadership practices they use. Recently, I asked one client how he organizes priorities and plans his work.He stated that he comes in each day and hits the ground running; he's constantly putting out fires, answering questions, solving problems, etc. Sound familiar? My first question for him was "How's that working for you?"It was obvious to me that it wasn't. This pattern was not allowing him to focus on the true priorities of his job or to be proactive, yet he just laughed when I asked the question. He laughed because that simple question made a light bulb go off for him.You see, one of his goals for coaching was to improve his strategic planning and thinking. Now he could see that he was his own worst enemy to success with this goal. more of these than you care to think about. Being detail-oriented is a definite plus. The key to so much of a meeting planner’s success is having a system that works. Creating checklists is one of the best I know. With the hundreds of pieces that make up the meeting puzzle, the only way to put them together and keep tabs on all the details, is with a checklist. Become a checklist fanatic and consider having a checklist for each checklist. I’m getting dizzy just thinking about it.
3. Practicing savvy marketing
A significant part of a successful meeting planner’s role involves developing a pre-, at- and post-event plan. Most meeting planners fail to have a plan that encompasses all three areas. Budget is naturally going to play a major role in deciding what and how much promotional activity is possible. Super successful meeting planners know the importance of developing a meaningful theme or message that ties into their strategic marketing plan, and that will guide their promotional decisions. They know and understand their target audience and plan different promotional programs aimed at the different groups they are interested in attracting.
4. Being a team player
Super successful meeting planners know exactly how to work together as a team, helping each other out whenever and wherever necessary. They help everyone get acquainted, develop a level of trust, and familiarize and understand each other's strengths. They know what it takes to create an environment of camaraderie where the staff, as a whole pulls out all the stops to succeed and set themselves apart from the competition.
5. Knowing how to manage time
Super successful meeting planners have mastered the art of managing their time. They are well organized and have essential information at their fingertips, which means that their work environment is orderly and efficient. They know their priorities, don’t over commit the
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