Food and beverage often is the second-largest item in a meeting’s budget, but you don’t have to break the bank to provide a memorable F&B experience. Dig in to some tried-and-true F&B tips, and share some of your own, that will result both in satiated attendees and lower costs.

You can still plan memorable food and beverage functions on a limited budget—even in these times of skyrocketing food prices. Don't switch from filet mignon to chicken...switch to CREATIVITY. Learn more low-cost creative methods for selecting menus and food-service styles, improving the accuracy of guarantees, building partnerships and more. This fast-paced webinar will help take the guesswork out of planning meal functions and refreshment breaks that satisfy your meeting attendees…and your bottom-line.

Join Meetings Focus and Arlene Sheff, CMP, who has worked in the meeting management field for more than 30 years and is the past senior meeting and event planner for The Boeing Company, where she produced senior-level executive meetings and events. Arlene received the 2007 Corporate Event Planner/Producer of the Year Spotlight Award from Event Solutions Magazine and the 2010 Planner of the Year award from MPI Orange County. She is also a faculty member in the meeting/event planning certificate programs at Cal State Fullerton and the University of San Diego.

 As a result of participating in this session, attendees will:

• Think more strategically to determine which methods work best for their group, without sacrificing quality
• Be able to determine ways to get more for their dollar
• Have more low-cost creative ideas to choose from.

Earn CEUs: This webinar is worth 1 clock hour of continuing education toward the initial CMP application and recertification through the Convention Industry Council.