On-Demand Education

Join fellow FICP meetings professionals and hospitality partners to discuss budgeting best practices and 2025 expectations. Whether you're aiming to optimize event spend or benchmark against industry standards, this discussion is tailored to provide actionable insights to shape the success of your future programs. Participants will also delve into the latest data from FICP’s Summer Pulse Survey, released in August, which is focused on budgeting and 2025 projections for meetings and events.

Discussion topics include:

• Discussion and analysis of key findings from the FICP Summer Pulse Survey, focusing on trends, benchmarks and actionable insights for planning 2025 meetings and events.
• Strategies and tactics to effectively manage and optimize event budgets without compromising quality and attendee experience.
• How to benchmark your organization’s event budgets against industry norms and best practices to ensure competitiveness and efficiency.

Was your meeting budget just cut and now are backed in a corner with an event design challenge? There are numerous resources and approaches to improve meeting aesthetics and design that drive the success of your event. Join this interactive session that will feature tips and techniques to think differently and implement budget-friendly ideas to elevate your event. 

In this program, you will learn:

• How to generate and refine ideas for your events
• How to produce creative and cost-effective ideas
• How to put new ideas into practice

Join Jennifer Squeglia, CMP, Former Chair of FICP’s Board of Directors, as she brings together our meetings professionals members and hospitality partners to moderate a discussion about the future of meetings.

Inclusivity at an event is more important than ever. During this discussion, we will explore different strategies on how to create an inclusive environment that caters to a diverse range of needs.

Topics Include:

- How are you leveraging your partners to help with accessibility needs for your meetings?

- How are you communicating your accessible offerings to attendees? - In what ways are you accommodating neurodivergent attendees?

- How are you incorporating accessibility into your event design?

- How are you creating a menu that is inclusive for various dietary restrictions?

- And so much more!

You might be asking yourself, what will be shaking up the industry this year? How will the industry evolve? We have some predictions! Join Will Curran from Bizzabo as he dives into event trends on the horizon and how the events industry is evolving. From increasing networking engagement to leveraging technology in new ways, you will leave this session with the trends and tools to take back to your team and implement right away.

Learning Objectives:
• Think strategically when it comes to creating your events
• Walk away with trends to implement into your events right away
• Learn to think about how to apply existing trends in the world to events

Join Jennifer Squeglia, CMP, Former Chair of FICP’s Board of Directors, as she brings together our meetings professionals members and hospitality partners to moderate a discussion about the future of meetings. Celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day with us! GMID is an opportunity to showcase the value our industry brings year round to people and communities within our meetings. Let’s get together and chat to discuss why meetings matter and celebrate all your hard work.

Topics include:

• How are you demonstrating the value of your meetings?

• What benchmarks are you using to gauge attendee value and satisfaction?

• How are you presenting information to your stakeholders?

• How would your company define a valuable meeting?

• And so much more!