Air Travel 

 Arrangements made with 

Sources of speakers

• colleagues
• industry experts
• call for abstracts/papers
• staff/management
• periodicals/trade
• publications
• professional
• speakers bureaus
• local personalities
• organizational membership
• universities and colleges

Screening potential speakers

Determine demographics of audience:

• what are the categories of job or professional responsibilities?
• how familiar with the subject(s) are the members of the group?
• what are the attendees' expectations?
• is it a homogenous group?
• are there guests?
• how sophisticated are they about communication techniques?
• travel? 

How many stakeholder groups are involved with the meeting?

What different objectives does each group have?

10.  When packing clothes for travel, you have a list of what coordinates with what.

9.  As a kid you practiced different room set-ups with stuffed animals.

8. Have a PowerPoint presentation called "Ways to Organize Your Dorm Room.“

7.  Insists on being in a room that is near the elevator.

6. Rearranges the tables and chairs in the classroom everyday.

5.  Has different color folders for every class.

4.  Knows where the emergency exits are in the classroom.

Connecting SMM and Events:

Social Media Marketing (SMM) is becoming a very popular methodology for the non-traditional marketing. It is a non-expensive and faster way to get eye balls. Also it is the most hip and coolest trend to follow. You not only grow your network you can also promote yourself and/or business.

Events, specially public events are very much in need for promotion and marketing to increase the event registration and get more exposure.

Site Selection is a very important part of the meeting planning process. It can make or break the success of the event. However, there are some key steps which can help to determine the perfect site.

 What is a meeting?

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