A Beginners Guide to Meetings Management

BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), a leading global meetings and events agency has released a new beginner-friendly guide to help teams take the first steps toward a more structured approach. The BCD M&E guide to Meetings Management offers a clear starting point for teams looking to improve how meetings are planned, approved, and measured. Small steps like defining meeting types or tracking basic spend can significantly improve visibility, reduce risk, and support better decision‑making across the business.

Based on BCD M&E’s 2026 Trend Guide, meetings are increasingly more strategic investment with spending aligned closely with business objectives.

The guide breaks down the fundamentals of meetings management, including:

• Understanding your organization’s meetings landscape
• Which core metrics to track first
• How to identify key internal stakeholders
• Why a meetings policy matters

It also includes practical tools such as a self‑diagnosis tool checklist, starter metrics, stakeholder guidance, and a meetings policy framework making it ideal for organizations without a formal program in place.

The full guide is available now on the BCD Meetings & Events website.
Anya Catherine with BCD M&E interviews with Smart Meetings on meetings management, here.