[Free Report] Having the Event Planning Budget Talk

10 Tips to Make the Case for a Bigger Event Planning Budget

Demand for meetings and events is on the rise. Event professionals are being tasked to manage more events, and to execute them with a shorter turnaround time. Corporations are increasingly relying on planners to prove ROI. Social Tables conducted an extensive survey with 1,200 meeting and professionals to find out what’s happening to event planning budgets, and how planners that are struggling to scrape together resources can make the case for more cash.

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Where do event planning budgets go? See the top 10 most costly budget items.
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Download our latest report to learn from ten tips that will help you think about ROI first, and make the case for a bigger budget in the coming year.

 

Nearly 25% of survey respondents told us that the primary challenge they’ll face in the next year is a reduced budget for events. Additionally, more than 12% of planners expressed a specific need to put that budget towards event technology. Meeting and event professionals can clearly see the benefit of event technology; the challenge is convincing the suits with the check books.

That means proving ROI, but it can also mean strategically deciding where else to cut back and remix the budget table. Keep reading to see the top budget items ranked, and find out exactly how planners are segmenting their budgets. Finally, learn from ten tips to help you think about ROI first, and make the case for a bigger budget in the coming year.

What you’ll learn:

 

• Find out if planners are optimistic about budgets growing in the coming year.

• Where does the money go? See the top 10 most costly event budget items.

• Learn how to prove ROI. This report shows you how to quantify everything about your next event, because you’ll need the right data to convince your managers.

• How you can starr forecasting results and set the right goals for your events team.

• 10 tips to master your next negotiation and make the case for the events budget of your dreams.

 

Complete the form below to download the free report.

 

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