Meeting and Event Planning
Diversified Management Services has more than 20 years of experience facilitating national, local, and regional events. We have experience in creating meetings and events that stay true to you no matter your event type: large conference, corporate retreat, trade show with continued education, small donor event, or board meeting.
Our staff has extensive experience in all areas of event management and production, including:
- Event audit: review of historical data, event goals, past attendees, and marketing to ensure event success and relevance
- Event budget and payment management
- Site visits
- Contract negotiations and vendor coordination: AV, catering, decorator
- Event logistics: event flow, timelines, staff assignments, day of details
- Speaker management: speaker letters, travel, scheduling
- Attendee experience
- Event marketing and communications
- Event registration: attendee registration, fee collection, onsite check in process
- Pre-event production: signage, takeaways, program materials
- Staff/ volunteer management
- Onsite management: Point of contact to coordinate and supervise from start to finish, troubleshoot issues, and ensure event success
- Event wrap-up: payment reconciliation, surveys, and reports
Diversified Management Services annually oversees more than 30 events for groups that range in size from 50 to 50,000 attendees; including client events for: Community Bankers of Iowa, Winefest, World Food Prize, Stadium Managers Association, Bravo Greater Des Moines, and the Governor’s Conference on Public Health.
