AMS provides full-service in-person and virtual meeting planning and management services to support our client needs, including venue selection, registration management, meeting content and logistics support and post-event reporting. We manage more than 70 meetings a year ranging in size from small board meetings to large, multi-day conferences. Regardless of the meeting size, AMS is committed to delivering a seamless and holistic experience within scope and budget.
Meeting Goal Setting & Strategy
From the largest tradeshow to the smallest committee meeting, the AMS team begins each meeting planning process by helping client leadership identify strategic and revenue goals for their event. Next AMS recommends meeting formats that will be conducive to achieving the identified outcomes. Our meeting planning teams are prepared to help clients weigh the risks and benefits of pursuing an in-person, hybrid or virtual meeting.
Meeting Planning Management
To ensure the success of each client meeting, AMS team members use project management tools and techniques to establish a planning timeline and make sure each critical planning milestone is achieved. Frequent communication amongst the AMS team and with client leadership and external partners ensures all parties are working in consort throughout the planning process.
Site/Platform Selection
AMS team members have extensive experience helping client leadership select destination cities and venues for their meetings and events. In collaboration with clients’ counsel we build advantages venue contacts that mitigate risks to our clients. For virtual or hybrid events, AMS helps clients wade through the sea of new and emerging platform options to identify technologies that best meet their content and budgetary needs.
Content Planning
When it comes to content planning for your meeting or event, AMS can take the lead, or provide staff support for a member or board conference planning committee. Either way AMS ensures that speakers are identified and confirmed, coordinates speaker logistics and handles the administration of continuing education programs that are part of the meeting.
Registration & Sponsorship Management
Ensuring clients meets their registration and sponsorship goals is a critical component of planning any meeting. AMS helps clients with each step towards meeting these goals including selection and implementation of a registration management software, event marketing and outreach, sponsorship sales, registration administration, and customer service.
Advanced & Onsite Logistics
A successful meeting is comprised of a thousand tiny details; AMS works behind the scenes to make sure each of these details it executed seamlessly, presenting a polished experience attendees and leave clients free to relax and fully engage with the meeting. Before the meeting we set clients up for success by preparing food, beverage, and AV orders, and preparing signage, name badges and meeting collateral. Onsite we staff your registration desk, provide support for sponsors and exhibitors, manage interactions with venue staff and keep things running on schedule. For virtual the AMS team provides orientation for your attendees and speakers to the virtual environment and technical support to throughout their meeting experience.
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