I started my journalism career working for a travel magazine and didn’t know anything about meetings or conventions. Much like the start for many meeting planners.
If there’s one thing I’ve discovered from the events I’ve covered, hundreds of press releases I’ve received and thousands of #eventprofs tweets I’ve scoured, it’s that meetings are cool. There’s nothing like the connections made over coffee, the revelations discovered in a general session or the camaraderie realized when groups come together.
As event planners, we know that we always prefer to work with the vendors, venues and suppliers that we are familiar with. We like to give business to those we can trust – those who offer good service, reasonable rates and work with flexibility. But how do you meet these people? What happens when your client is looking for something that you don’t have a good recommendation for? That’s when networking becomes so important.
Each year, the Liz King Events blog welcomes some of the most influential experts in various fields to contribute to the content that you read each day. This year, we’ve developed an amazing team who will contribute content on a monthly basis. The reason you should really be excited about this is because it’s a little less you have to hear from me 
Please allow me to introduce you to this year’s dynamic team!
One of the features of the Social Media Lounge at BizBash was testing the functions of the IML Connector – an amazing tool created by 
Last night, I had the opportunity to speak at an event in Manhattan. Over the past several years, I’ve been asked to do more and more speaking gigs and I always consider it a pleasure. I’m just thankful if no one boo’s me off stage! But each time I host another event, I learn a few things that I can do to improve my speaking. I also learn a few things that would be important from an event planner’s perspective so I thought I would share those things with you today!
Yesterday, I was reading 
