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Finding Support For The Lone Corporate Meeting Planner

It’s common for meeting planners to feel alone within their organizations. Many small and medium sized companies only one have one meeting planner or a small meeting and event planning team. This can make it difficult for meeting planners to find thought partners within their organizations. A lack of internal support for meeting planners can prevent meeting planners from growing to their full potential. A solo planner does not always have internal thought partners to share ideas, innovations and best practices with. Additionally, other departments within companies don’t always know the value a meeting planner brings to an organizations strategic plan.  This can prevent a meeting planner from having a seat at the executive table. Meeting planners who outsource their events to meeting planning companies have more support, but the pitfall is that the partnership is more about delegation than collaboration.  The beauty of leveraging freelance meeting and event support rather th