CanSPEP, in partnership with Tourism Saskatoon, recently awarded four event entrepreneurs with educational scholarships to attend the CanSPEP annual conference July 27-29, 2017 in Charlottetown, PEI. Get to know the scholarship recipients, and join us in PEI to meet them in person! Julia O’Grady, ITM Events Julia O’Grady has big vision, fresh ideas and a […]
Read more...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 19, 2017 Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald, CMP, CMM 2016-2017 President Canadian Society of Professional Event Planners (CanSPEP) 613-288-4539 (Association Office) info@canspep.ca CanSPEP Announces Educational Scholarship Winners Ontario, Canada: CanSPEP, in partnership with Tourism Saskatoon, recently awarded four event entrepreneurs with educational scholarships to attend the CanSPEP annual conference July 27-29, 2017 […]
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Greetings, fellow power arrangers. Welcome to the fourth episode in a series of posts helping you navigate software tools to make your life as an event planner easier. My name is Jessica Small, Senior Program Manager at Elastic Communications & Events. I am a Power Arranger, and your host for this series! In the first […]
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In a recent CanSPEP webinar, Tara Gentile is an author, podcast talent and business strategist that helps entrepreneurs create successful and profitable businesses. Ms. Gentile offered her perspective on setting value pricing. While she offered a wealth of valuable insight, I was struck by her perspective on moving away from focussing on the minutia and […]
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Cross-Border Considerations When Planning Events in the United States With a shared language, similar culture, and the general ease with which most Canadians are still able to cross the border, it is important to remember that doing business in the United States does come with legal requirements. Ignoring them may expose you to serious consequences […]
Read more...A monthly listing of resources and items of interest to CanSPEP members. ALHI Expands their portfolio! Forty-five independent luxury-level meeting and incentive-focused hotels and resorts, located outside of North America, have been added to Associated Luxury Hotels International’s (ALHI) global portfolio. The new members were hand-selected from the membership of ALHI’s sister company Worldhotels. Each […]
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As many of you have heard over the years about the Past Presidents’ Council, I would like to take a few moments to give you an insight into what and who this group is. CanSPEP is the unique association that has the benefit of engaging senior leadership long past their year as President. Five years […]
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Written by Natalie Lowe, VP, Education Greetings fellow CanSPEP members – it’s May and we are excited for all of the amazing educational events we have coming up! Your conference education committee is in full swing – tucking in research and conference calls into already jam packed lives – please thank Mirielle Faucon, Helena Gomes, […]
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Written by Sandy Biback, CMP Emeritus, CMM, Imagination+Meeting Planners Inc. No, it couldn’t happen in major cities across Canada! Wrong. It is, and it will continue, and with technology it is a growing blight on humanity. And yes, it is happening in our hotels, at our conferences, at our events, and at our large sporting […]
Read more... Welcome again, fellow power arrangers. This is the third episode in a series of blog posts focused on software tools that will make your life as an event planner easier. My name is Jessica Small, Senior Program Manager at Elastic Communications & Events. I am a Power Arranger, and your host for this series! In […]
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