Contract Negotiation-and You Thought a Meeting Planner Had It Tough (Comedy Video)

May 30, 2012 By Andrew Maxwell Comments

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Contract negotiation is a major part of a meeting planner’s job. Naturally, some meeting planners like doing these negotiations more than others. I guess it really depends on the personality type. One thing that’s certain is that anyone entering into negotiations any type had better be prepared.

Which got me thinking, for this post, imagine if God had to negotiate for the contract to create Earth. What would be his closing pitch? What areas would he be willing to walk away from in order to win the contract? Well, watch below as our friends from Funny or Die present us with a comical approach of how the contract negotiations would have proceeded.

Creation: God pitches for the contract. – watch more funny videos

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About Andrew Maxwell

With over 20 years of experience in hotel operations, Andrew has held several senior managerial positions, including Senior Operations Manager with Canada’s largest hotel, Toronto’s Delta Chelsea Inn. Andrew joined Welcome To The City, Inc. in 1996, after a successful stint as co-owner of The Exeter Group, a Toronto-based restaurant management company. Andrew’s financial acumen and ability to develop and enhance the company’s business strategy has helped propel Welcome To The City’s latest venture, WTTC.com, to its current level of success, making it the largest independent online resource in North America for the events, meetings and conventions industry.

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