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Upcoming Events

Date Topic Speaker City
May 1 Dealing with Toxic Employees Howard Givner Webinar
May 8 The Psychology of Events Kevin White Webinar
May 14 Maverick Series Live: Planning Mega Events Laura Schwartz, Frank Supovitz, Christina Neault, Mark Shearon NYC
May 15 In-House Vendors: Pros,  Cons & How to Get A Fair Deal Howard Givner Webinar
June 13 Un-Stuck: Getting Your Business to the Next Level Howard Givner BizBash LA Expo
June 13 8 Things You Need to Know When Starting Your Event Business Howard Givner BizBash LA Expo
*NOTE: All webinars are FREE to paid ELI subscribers, unless indicated otherwise. 

May 1 | Dealing with Toxic Employees | 1 pm EST | Webinar

Dealing with Toxic Employees will be taught by Howard Givner, Executive Director of the Event Leadership Institute, and former CEO of North America for the Global Events Group. This class will help you identify if you have a 'toxic' employee, and explain the dangers to your team or business they pose.  Howard will review strategies for dealing with toxic employees to insure they do not adversely impact the rest of the group.

May 8 | The Psychology of Events | 1 pm EST| Webinar

The Psychology of Events will be taught by Kevin White, Founder and Chief Strategist at XPL, and Secretary of the Board of Governors of ISES International. This class will discuss the how other industries utilize sophisticated psychological analysis to make their marketing efforts more impactful, and how we can, and should, be bringing that discipline and strategic viewpoint to events as marketing vehicles.
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May 14 | The Maverick Series Live: Planning Mega Events | 6-8 pm | New York City

Super Bowl.  Fashion Week.  The Presidential Inauguration.  The largest shareholder meeting in the world. In this special evening, we're joined by 4 people who plan the most high profile and largest events in the country.   Join us as they share the secrets behind the planning of some of the most important and high profile events in the country.  Learn how the planners got their jobs, how they source vendors and staff, how they lead their teams, and other insights from these industry Mavericks.

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May 15 | In-House Vendors: Pros, Cons, & How to Get A Fair Deal | 1 pm EST | Webinar

In-House Vendors: Pros, Cons & How to Get A Fair Deal, will be taught by Howard Givner, Executive Director of the Event Leadership Institute, and former CEO of North America for the Global Events Group.  Many hotels and other venues require or recommend you hire their in-house vendors, often resulting in your having to pay above-market prices.  This class will explain situations when you will want to use them and when you should try to avoid using them, and if you must use them, review strategies for insuring you get favorable pricing.
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June13 | Un-Stuck: Getting Your Business to the Next Level | 8-10 am EST | BizBash Los Angeles Expo

In this advanced, interactive session we’ll dissect what it is that keeps most business owners from getting their companies to break out of their plateaus and hit that next stage of growth, and review strategies on how successful companies manage to shed their skin and grow into larger versions of themselves. You’ll then have a chance for the group to review your business (if you choose) and offer suggestions for getting it to the next level.

June 13 | 8 Things You Need to Know When Starting Your Event Business | 1:45-2:45 pm EST | BizBash Los Angeles Expo

Recently gone out on your own, or seriously thinking about it? Feel like you’ve got the event planning part down pat, but not so sure about your business skills? In this one hour crash course, we’ll cover the most critical things you need to know when starting and building your event company. In this class you will learn to identify the key needs of your business, and how to fill them, how to create and fine tune a compelling value proposition to clients, and financial measurement tools to keep your business profitable.
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