Remove Budget Remove Gifts Remove Negotiating Remove Price
article thumbnail

10 Questions To Find The Perfect Venue

Office Dynamics

What is your budget? Usually a venue takes about 40% of your overall budget, if not more. Ask for the buyout price of the venue and specifically what that includes (hours, personnel, and access time). This limits your negotiating power to compare pricing and use your own vendors.

Agencies 100
article thumbnail

A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Olympia had a gift of making you feel as if you were the most important person in the room. Whether it was the actor who needed to be fired or the budget that needed to be cut or the scene that just wasn’t working, Olympia was usually the one who spoke the words that needed to be said but could also hurt people’s feelings. Be Present.

2021 98
article thumbnail

On the Selling of Souls: Where Do YOU Draw the Line?

Eat Your Career

I want to demand that who I am is non-negotiable and the world must simply adapt. But my realistic side, the one who keeps a budget and manages deadlines and wants to please her clients, knows that compromise is the name of the game. There have been times when a piece of my soul seemed such a small price to pay.