Top Event Venue Ideas for Meetings, Receptions & More (2027 Costs)

Top Event Venue Ideas for Meetings, Receptions & More (2027 Costs)

Looking to freshen up your venue list this year? Sometimes all it takes is a change in scenery to keep your audience engaged in your content, and excited to do business. However, using the same venues time and time again tends to show a decline in attendance over...
Sales Kickoff Meeting Planning: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

Sales Kickoff Meeting Planning: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

Your organization is ready to embark on a new enterprise-wide project. Budget has been set, resources allocated, and team members assigned varying tasks. What could go wrong? In a word, everything. Getting a project off the ground takes more than just logistical...
How to Plan an All-Hands Meeting: A 2027 Operator’s Guide

How to Plan an All-Hands Meeting: A 2027 Operator’s Guide

“All hands on deck!” It’s a command given by sea captains (salty ones with scraggly beards I always imagine) when their ship is facing a crisis of some kind. At the command, the entire crew runs up to the deck to do whatever necessary so the ship doesn’t sink....
Incentive Travel Agency Selection Criteria: A 2027 Scorecard

Incentive Travel Agency Selection Criteria: A 2027 Scorecard

Most “how to choose an incentive travel agency” posts hand you a vague checklist and a vendor list. Neither helps when three RFPs come back and they all look great on the deck. What you actually need is a weighted scorecard you can drop into a spreadsheet...
How to Hire a Conference Planning Agency in 2027

How to Hire a Conference Planning Agency in 2027

The single hardest number to find online about hiring a conference planning agency is the price. Six of the top-ranking guides either skip cost entirely or hand-wave with “it depends on size and scope.” That is not helpful when you are trying to defend a...
Sales Kickoff Event Planning Companies: A 2027 Buyer’s Guide

Sales Kickoff Event Planning Companies: A 2027 Buyer’s Guide

The shortlist ranking #1 for this search was written by an agency that put itself in the top slot. That tells you most of what you need to know about the state of advice here. The pages selling you SKO planning won’t quote a price, and the pages quoting prices...