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There’s a special kind of adrenaline that hits a conference planner about two weeks before an event—the kind that makes you simultaneously reorganize your spice cabinet, rewrite your packing list, and start wondering if you confirmed the 72-inch rounds for Ballroom C. (Spoiler: you did. You confirmed it three times. You will probably confirm it…
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There’s one thing all conference planners universally dread—the early morning or late-night phone call from a vendor. You know, the kind of call that makes your stomach drop faster than a freight elevator (foreshadowing, anyone?). Because by the time we get onsite, every spreadsheet, diagram, and sticky note has been obsessively reviewed, color-coded, and triple-checked.…
Life of a Conference Planner 