Top 5 qualities of an awesome meeting planner
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• Super organized: Great planners have the ability to not only keep themselves on schedule, but the entire team on the same page.
• Great communicator: Successful planners are able to positively rally the troops. They communicate to the crew in one way, the union folks in another way and the client in yet another way. It’s all about bringing together the team.
• Calm and quick decision-maker: The primary function of a meeting planner is to be ready when something goes wrong. And quite often, something does go wrong. It takes a person with a clear head and a strong sense of calm to sift through the issues and come up with solutions at a moment’s notice.
• Attention to detail: Meeting planners where many hats, have many arms and seemingly pull off the impossible. The good ones never miss a thing. They’re aware of every little detail of an event, and are three steps ahead when thinking of the production.
• Great attitude: Great meeting planners make the people around them comfortable and confident about pulling off an event. They’re smart, supportive and therefore respected by the entire team.
Love this article! An awesome meeting planner is like that duck on a lake you see calmly gliding along on the surface, but treading like crazy underneath. They make everything look effortless. Meanwhile,their attendees never suspect the scrambling that’s going on behind the scenes. Add creative “out of the box” thinker to the list!
Thanks Maureen! I agree with the Duck analogy so so true! I also like the “out of the box thinker!” Also I guess we could add Firefighter for all the unexpected fires the meeting planner puts out!
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