Having Proper Patience - Kate Cardoso - Speaking of Events - Episode # 013

Speaking of Events

Kate Cardoso is the Director, Strategic Events at HMI Performance Incentives. She is passionate about events and wants to make sure that attendees of events can better connect with the host, venue and everything else. Kate joins host Kerri Garbis to talk about event planning and shares some of her tips for success. Takeaways There are major staffing shortages right now and supply chain vendor issues, which leads to complications in event planning. It’s important to be patient during these times. Availability of hotels during COVID has also made event planning difficult, since the options are limited and rates have gone back up. You want to think through your best practices and think of things differently. There are more options of unique solutions now with covid guidelines coming down. Make sure that you are prepared as best as you can. Sometimes things go wrong but you need to be ready in case they do. A good speaker will insist on talking to the client to understand what their target group is. The pandemic was a good time to reframe and rethink your business and make sure you are doing everything right. Site inspections are Kate’s favorite part about the event planning process. Quote of the Show 8:17 “Strategy is really just trying to find the best way forward” Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecardoso1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katecardoso/ Website: https://hmiaward.com/ Ways to Tune In: Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a158d222-4beb-4c72-9569-0916e79a80f4/speaking-of-events Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-of-events/id1611059542 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/699re9JSEnwNXnrNLGLUkz Google Play - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3BlYWtpbmdvZmV2ZW50cy5jb20vZmVlZC54bWw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiI6PWe2o73AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en YouTube - https://youtu.be/_V47gaaOllU