1. What is the core culture of the enterprise and what is the culture that the boss will advocate next year? According to this cultural connotation, is the tone of the annual meeting steady or lively, publicity or sensational?
2. What is the core purpose of the annual meeting? Is it to thank employees for their efforts in the past year or to boost morale for the strategic advancement next year? Is it to promote the integration of the company team or to embody the cultural connotation of people-oriented company?
3. What kind of employees are attending the annual meeting? What is the production and sales ratio of R&D? What age groups are there in the team? What are the styles and preferences of the company's main leaders at what stage? These may be issues that must be considered in determining the theme of the annual meeting and even planning the whole annual meeting.
Generally speaking, the annual meeting budget includes the following aspects:
1, transportation cost
Transportation costs can be divided into:
(1), transportation expenses from the departure point to the assembly point-including flights, railways, highways, passenger ships, and transportation expenses from the destination station, airport and wharf to the accommodation place.
(2) Transportation expenses during the meeting-mainly the transportation expenses of the meeting place, including transportation from the accommodation to the clubhouse, from the clubhouse to the dining place, from the clubhouse to the business exchange place, transportation for business investigation and other scheduled transportation that participants may use.
(3) Farewell traffic and return traffic-including flights, railways, highways and passenger ships to airports, stations and ports, and accommodation fees.
2. Meeting room/lobby fee
Specifically, it can be subdivided into:
(1), conference venue leasing-Generally speaking, venue leasing already includes some common facilities, such as laser pens, sound systems, desks and chairs, platforms, whiteboards or blackboards, oily pens, chalk, etc. , but some unconventional facilities are not included-such as projection equipment, temporary decorations, booths, etc. When it is necessary to install non-podium speech lines, additional budget may be required.
(2) Rental expenses of conference facilities-This part mainly refers to the rental of some special equipment, such as projectors, notebook computers, mobile simultaneous translation systems, venue display systems, multimedia systems, video recording equipment, etc. When renting, a certain use deposit is usually required, and the rental fee includes the technical support and maintenance cost of the equipment. It is worth noting that when renting equipment, you should make specific requirements for various performance parameters (usually you can consult a professional conference service company to get the most suitable cost performance), otherwise the meeting may be affected. In addition, the rental price of these conference facilities may vary greatly depending on the brand, place of origin and the degree of old and new.
(3) Site layout fee-generally speaking, this fee is included in the site rental fee, if it is not a special requirement. If you have special requirements, you can consult with professional conference service providers.
(4), other support costs-these support usually include advertising printing, etiquette, secretarial services, transportation and warehousing, entertainment and medical care, media, public relations, etc. Based on the temporary nature of these supports, if the conference organizers seek support from these industries alone, the cost may be higher than the market price. If a professional conference service provider acts as an agent, it will get relatively low-cost and professional support.
For these individual service support, the organizer should explain the requirements in as much detail as possible and sign individual service agreements.
3. Accommodation expenses
The cost of accommodation should be very easy to understand-it is worth noting that some of the prices of accommodation are full price, while some prices need to pay additional government tax. Accommodation may be one of the main expenses of the meeting. Looking for a professional exhibition service provider can usually get a better discount.
The normal accommodation fee is not only related to the hotel's star standard, room type and other factors, but also related to the services open in the room, such as long-distance communication in the room, washing and changing clothes, mini-bar drinks, one-time laundry, Internet, fruit provision and other services. The organizer of the conference should specify the service items and scope that the hotel should close or open.
4. Food and beverage expenses
The catering expenses of the meeting can be simple or complex, depending on the agenda and purpose of the meeting.
(1), breakfast
Breakfast is usually a buffet. Of course, you can also dine around the table, and the fee can be calculated according to the number of people (but considering the particularity of conference dining and the preparation of raw materials, the estimated number of people who eat can't be different from the actual number of people who eat 15%, otherwise the restaurant has reason to refuse to settle the account according to the actual number of people who eat-but charge the fee according to the predetermined number).
(2) Chinese food and lunch
Chinese food and lunch are basically meals, which can take the form of budget-buffet and table budget-table circumference. If the organizer wants the drinks to be purchased by himself instead of provided by the restaurant, the restaurant may charge a certain service fee.
(3) Beverage and service charges
Usually, if you eat in the restaurant of a high-star hotel, the restaurant will refuse the organizer to take drinks out by himself. If drinks can be taken away, restaurants generally need to add a service charge. When holding a conference banquet in a high-star hotel, a service charge of about 15% is usually added on the basis of the basic consumption level.
(4) Tea break at the venue
This fee is basically budgeted according to the number of people. When budgeting, you can put forward the catering combination in different time periods. The price of tea break informed by the organizer usually includes the service personnel fee, and if the organizer needs non-procedural services, an extra budget may be required. Generally speaking, tea breaks can be divided into two types: western coffee, black tea, western snacks and fruits, while Chinese tea breaks are mainly boiled water, green tea or scented tea, fruit tea, coffee, fruits and snacks.
(5) Friendship reception/dance
In fact, the budget of a party/dance may be more complicated than a separate banquet. As long as the meal label and scale are set up, the budget will be easy to calculate. However, from budget design to venue and program support, it may take a long time to confirm the budget of reception/dance.
(6) Others-snacks, fruits, and wine mixing.
5. Audio-visual equipment
The cost of audio-visual equipment is usually negligible unless it is done outdoors. If it must be done outdoors for public relations effect, the budget of audio-visual equipment is more complicated, including:
● The rental cost of the equipment itself is usually calculated on a daily basis.
● The transportation, installation and debugging of equipment and the control of technical personnel support fees can be represented by exhibition service providers.
● Audio source-mainly background music and entertainment music. Organizers can bring their own or entrust agents.
6. Actors and programs
It can usually be calculated according to the number of times the program is selected-the budget amount is usually positively related to the difficulty of the program performance and the number of participants. If there is a fixed performance in the right place, the budget is very simple, which is positively related to the number of people watching the performance-except for the special performance or chartered flight.
7. miscellaneous expenses
Miscellaneous expenses refer to the expenses arising from some temporary arrangements during the exhibition, including printing, temporary transportation and loading and unloading, souvenirs, model and etiquette services, temporary props, fax and other communications, express delivery services, temporary health care, translation guidance, temporary business vehicles, remittance, etc. The budget of miscellaneous expenses is difficult to plan, and unforeseen expenses can usually be added to the budget of conference expenses as a mobile means.