{"product_id":"the-meeting-planning-process-a-guide-to-planning-successful-meetings-paperback","title":"The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Jo Wiseman Cmp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential addition to every meeting planner's toolbox! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Meeting Planning Process: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Planning Successful Meetings...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecommonsense\u003c\/b\u003e approach to managing the entire \u003cb\u003eMeeting\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePlanning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eProcess \u003c\/b\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost current content update March 2026. First launched October 2016. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding structure and tools to keep meeting planners and administrative professionals at all levels focused on task and on time... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Meeting Planning Process provides for a clear, concise, structured, time-sensitive PLAN for planning and executing a meeting or event under the direction of a designated host (or representative of) ... when failure is NOT an option.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLEARN\u003c\/b\u003e keen insights and valuable tips to \u003cb\u003eCREATE\u003c\/b\u003e textbook picture-perfect \u003cb\u003eEXPERIENCES \u003c\/b\u003eby staying true to the basic elements of the planning process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eESTABLISH \u003c\/b\u003emeeting goals, objectives, and key messaging strategies to target audiences.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSELECT\u003c\/b\u003e venues and room sets that align with your intended goals and objectives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDEVELOP \u003c\/b\u003eproject budgets.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eBe accountable; spend wisely. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIDENTIFY \u003c\/b\u003eaction items, task lists and timelines to keep you and your team on task and on time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSURROUND \u003c\/b\u003eyourself with experts to make you and your organization \u003cb\u003eSHINE\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings\"\u003c\/b\u003e offers a commonsense approach to managing the meeting planning process based on the knowledge and experience she acquired during her career as a corporate meeting and event coordinator. Now she shares her secrets for success through this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...The focus on a plan and how to develop and work that plan provide the key ingredients for how to manage a successful meeting or event while reducing the stress of multiple details and deadlines.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I appreciate how Mary Jo has pulled together everything to consider into one easy-to-consult tool.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"... the templates are priceless!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"If you want to expand your meeting planning abilities ... You might even discover an interesting new career.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Guide offers a practical overview of the entire planning process for the novice planner, to the administrative professional called upon to plan meetings outside of their day-to-day responsibilities, to meeting planning veterans alike. It offers keen insights and valuable tips to help \u003cb\u003eCREATE \u003c\/b\u003etextbook picture-perfect (and Instagram-able) \u003cb\u003eEXPERIENCES\u003c\/b\u003e for their audience by staying true to the basic elements of the planning process. It is intended to lead people through the proper steps and the sequence of tasks involved in planning a meeting such as: \u003cb\u003eEstablishing a Design\/Planning Team\u003c\/b\u003e; Developing an \u003cb\u003eOverall Meeting Action Plan\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eBudgeting\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eSite Selection\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eCommunications\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eTravel\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eContract Review\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eOn-site Management\u003c\/b\u003e and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author believes it is the \u003cb\u003ePROCESS\u003c\/b\u003e or the system one uses to get started that can either keep you on track or send you off the rails. She also firmly believes it is NOT just one person who makes a meeting or event happen, but rather a well-led TEAM of dedicated, enthusiastic, talented individuals who come together to do what they do best to help organizations \u003cb\u003eEXCEED \u003c\/b\u003eprogram objectives and make them \u003cb\u003eSHINE\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONUS! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Meeting Planning Process: \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Planning Successful Meetings\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e also includes handy templates that can be tailored to your team's specific needs, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeeting Timeline.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eOverall Meeting Action Plan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRequest for Proposal (RFP).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiagrams of meeting room sets and their potential uses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCertified Meeting Professional Mary Jo Wiseman, (known to many as MJ), spent 24 years in the meeting industry as a corporate meeting and event coordinator where she managed the full spectrum of the event planning process across all levels of management with an emphasis on high profile, executive level groups including senior management, Board of Directors and key customers (agents and brokers). She was a long-time member of Meeting Professional International (MPI), an international organization of planners and suppliers, and served on the Education Committee and the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter. She considers herself a lifelong learner and enjoys best teaching, coaching and leading others by example. Mary Jo lives in White Bear Lake, MN with her husband and enjoys spending as much time as possible on their sailboat Unity which they keep in Bayfield, WI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 68\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51874958344480,"sku":"9781535511841","price":29.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1QBdJKZjRs9781535511841.webp?v=1781742164","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-meeting-planning-process-a-guide-to-planning-successful-meetings-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}