Gigi Gleason, Autodesk, Inc. laid out her company’s roadmap to Strategic Meetings Management Program (SMMP) success and how to drive business value in your SMMP.
2. SMM at Autodesk
Year 4 of the program
Part of Travel Department
Stakeholders both event & administrative professionals
200 meetings annually from 10 – 12,000 attendees
Organic growth, no mandate
3. How do you grow a
Strategic Meetings
Management Program
without a mandate?
6. What can you give them
that they cannot get
themselves?
Make them VIPs
Let them take credit
Educate them (contract reviews)
Let them know what to expect
18. Reporting
Budget Report
Total contracted value
Total savings & Savings
RFP Status
Awarded
In Progress
Cancelled
Charts
Savings by quarter
Total/Full service/# RFP’s
Savings vs. Target
Project pipeline
with status
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21. Project Management
Manage tasks by project
Project templates
Manage tasks across projects
Pass tasks/projects from one team
member to another
Reporting