SMM - Connecting the SMM Dots

Ultimately, it’s about assessing enterprise wide meeting activity and spend, planning processes and procedures, hotel and supplier negotiations, custom hotel contract negotiations that adds value / reduces risk and specific metrics to track and measure success. Of course, robust technology delivers data and reports that leverages spend and drives strategic decisions.

Meetings are big investments and implementing SMM standards will have a big impact on your organization, meeting quality, bottom line…and career!

Connecting The SMM Dots

The shift from “logistics to strategic” thinking

Key elements of a successful Strategic Meeting Management

Management buy-in / critical research / data needed to get started (or evaluation / audit of existing SMM components)

Action plan that identifies new processes and procedures, cost savings / risk reduction, improved productivity / meeting quality, value and benefits to the organization

Roll out your strategic meeting capability, including policies, training, compliance and specific metrics to define and measure success

Advanced technology / meeting consolidation / leveraging spend

Meeting value communications (ROI, cost / risk reduction, management / financial reporting)

MSR is a global specialist in meeting site research and hotel contract negotiations, strategic meeting support services, meeting education and SMM consulting. MSR is powered by Meeting Evolution (M.E.), advanced technology software that drives strategic sourcing, meeting consolidation, and Strategic Meeting Management solutions (fully APEX compliant and follows SMM standards).

For further information contact:

Tim Brown, CEO
Meeting Sites Resource
949-250-7483 ext. 312
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