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Career Choices: Why Event Services Pros Are Never Bored
If you are looking for a new career, don’t overlook the opportunity to become an event service professional. You love meeting new…

Winning Event Teams Begin with Sales, Service Synergy
So how does your event team specifically win the 2020 Republican National Convention? The short answer: the sales team and the service…

CSMs Work Meeting Magic
Convention Services Manager – Event visionary, Destination guru, Client Experience master, Housing specialist, Catering consultant. All have similar job descriptions, and all…

New Guide from ESPA Highlights Value of Event Service Teams
Everyone who works within the trade show and meetings industry recognizes the value that events — and all the individuals involved with…

How Do You Measure Event Services Success?
Events are expensive, time-consuming and full of to-dos. But your services team makes coordinating event details seem easy and you do it…

2019 40 under 40: Paola Bowman, CMP, CMM
ESPA Board member Paola Bowman, CMP, CMM, named as 40 under 40 by Connect magazine Read More…

Event Service Professionals Shape Destinations With Planner Feedback
A post-event survey is a critical tool that planners should not confuse with another piece of junk email. Event service professionals at…

How Meeting Planners Can Get More From CVBs and DMOs
ESPA Director Esther Walker-Young, senior services manager for Visit KC, spoke about her experiences partnering with a meeting planner to meet sustainability goals…

2019 15 Over 50: Kathryn Gleesing, MBA, CMP
Kathryn Gleesing, MBA, CMP, works in Muskego, Wisconsin, as president and CEO at Destination Management Connection. Kathryn is also a past ESPA…

2019 15 Over 50: Vanessa Kane, CMP, CMM
ESPA board member, Vanessa Kane, CMP, CMM, works in Kansas City, Missouri, as manager of meetings/events and exhibits at Veterans of Foreign…