Meetings and Special Events are such an important part of connecting the business professional and audiences for educational purposes, networking, fundraising, and socializing. At North Point, we knew we wanted to add this as a new service and partner with a strategic partner whose attention to detail and customer service matched our own high standards on a national and global level. We have partnered with Greg Boland, founder of EVENTures, who brings over 20+ years of experience and will be working hand-in-hand with each client as their needs arise for meetings and events.
North Point Global Transportation Services has partnered with EVENTures to launch a new division.
No matter where in the world your meeting is taking place, EVENTures is ready to be part of your journey.
With over 20 years of experience, we have the meeting experience and expertise to help your team deliver a flawless program. Let us help you make your meeting a concierge level experience
Whether you are looking for a unique venue nestled the hills of the North GA mountains, or the big city of New York, you have a team who are able to provide you with site selection options with room rate prices, pictures of the property, the hotel rating, amenities, location to the airport, food and beverage average rates for groups and the size of meeting space if needed.
An important part of any site selection process is the hotel negotiation. We are available to negotiate the contract and help provide concessions and amendments to make sure your competitors are not having a meeting next door and you are receiving the best prices possible for your meeting or group travel. This ability to negotiate on your behalf is for any vendor agreement that we work on on your behalf.
We have the ability to create room block access for your attendees to register online seamlessly. We keep track of how many rooms are being booked and the cut-off date to ensure you do not incur any fees. We also act as a registration hotline to answer any questions your guests may have or make any changes they request regarding their hotel room.
We can also provide qualified onsite staff if needed to assist if needed at the registration desk or throughout the management of the meeting.
The development of a budget is key to make or break any meeting. To ensure you have every line item included and you have sourced all of the right vendors. We have the experience to help you develop the budget and manage the budget accordingly.
With over 50 years of combined experience, both Colleen McQuone and Greg Boland have recruited and worked with hundreds of speakers and thousands of attendees. They understand how each speaker needs to be treated as a VIP, and yet they need to be managed according to deadlines and coached regarding content and any other specifics of the meeting. Each meeting is specific to how to recruit attendees and will take a conversation with the client to understand the marketplace. Vendors are all about the relationships and Colleen and Greg have been working with qualified vendors all over the world for years.
Often the first person the attendee sees onsite is the staff at the registration desk. We take this responsibility seriously. We want every attendee experience to be positive and reflective of the client’s expectations. We believe in service with a smile. We are able to offer a wide variety of registration services that vary from handing out printed name badges to online check-in kiosks. We can also provide qualified onsite staff if needed to assist throughout the management of the meeting – such as F&B management, VIP Management, Speaker Management, Exhibit Management, or simply another pair of hands onsite..
In addition, we can build custom registration sites to capture all of your meeting and attendee needs. We can add the agenda, speaker information, off site activities or anything relevant to your meeting. We can collect registration fees and facilitate pre-post surveys. We also can manage sponsorships if necessary.
Food and Beverage management is a number of things. It is making sure we are selecting food that is within budget but is presented beautifully and tastefully. But these days it is also about making sure that we are taking care of the guests needs. These days when accepting registrations 70% of guests have a dietary request – This requires an exceptional understanding of menus and a relationship with the hotel to manage these needs.
These days having a security plan cannot be understated. Both Colleen McQuone and Greg Boland have worked with the secret service and created security plans for diplomats. We have also worked on very senior level VIP programs where a security plan was necessary. But these days almost every program, big or small, national or international needs to have some level of security plan in place – even on a very basic level. It just needs to be part of the conversation now, part of the pre-onsite planning process and part of the budget. We look forward to working with you and consulting with you on this important aspect.
Whether you are looking to add a bottle of champagne or flowers to your ground transportation confirmation – this new concierge service is available to help meet your needs where ever you are.
Please contact our meetings department to see how we can help you!
Throughout the meeting process you may need the development of creative services – Maybe this is the development of a power point template, posters for the meeting or a website. We have the relationships and experience to make this happen and editors who can make sure it looks perfect!
Have you ever been working on a meeting and you are working with a speaker and they need assistance developing a slide deck? Or you need to create a training manual…Yesterday? We have had that client. This is why we offer this service and we know how to help you solve this problem. Relax, we have you!
For almost any meeting items need to be developed and printed. We consider this just standard operating procedure. And we are here to get things done:
Does your dinner, gala, or reception need a little fun? Look no further. We have a long list of entertainment – and we are not just talking about music. We have worked with an Aerialist (yes, like from the ceiling), comedians, singers, 3-5 piece bands, living food art (not your typical morning break), keynote speakers, hypnotists, stomp dancers, choirs, AND MORE….We have experience working with the Doobie Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire, and Chicago just to name a few.
Audio Visual design and Production can be very easy and simple – or it can have no limits. It can set you apart from your competition and it can have every attendee leaving the meeting telling their friends what they just saw. There is also a middle ground! Either way, there is no escaping that AV is a huge component of any meeting and you need a team who has the knowledge and expertise to be your guide throughout the pre-planning and onsite execution.
One thing about developing a great budget is completing program reconciliation. If there is one thing we believe in it is true transparency. You will receive a copy of every invoice for every out of pocket expense. This is how we build trust and lasting relationships with clients.
Technology and Meetings are coming together. A meeting app is something that helps the attendees, and allows the client to PUSH NOTIFICATIONS, as well as acknowledge the sponsors. Technology also allows you to GO GREEN in so many ways which is, let’s face it, great for the environment!
Greg from EVENTures has 20+ years of Meeting and Event experience. He has implemented events for the Queen of England, Golf Tournaments Super Bowl Parties, Kentucky Derby and if you can dream it, Greg and his team can make it happen. Greg can develop registration sites, he has experience with user groups and whether it is big or small, Greg’s team is ready to help. He is client centric and loves to work to ensure everyone who attends has had a great experience. Greg is the constant professional.
Greg and his team work to ensure the client’s needs are met and the meeting is reconciled in a timely matter.
Customer Service and onsite staff the client and attendees best interests at heart are what we are about.
Contact us today for more information on Meeting and Special Event Services
We look forward to hearing from you
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