Don't Forget Your Name Badge! - A Podcast For Event Planners & Meeting Planners

Welcome to Don't Forget Your Name Badge, a podcast about event planners, meetings planners, and the business of bringing people together, hosted by Timothy Mercer. Subscribe to DFYNB! iTunes - http://bit.ly/lanyonpodcast Google Play - http://bit.ly/LanyonPodcastAndroid Email us at podcast@lanyon.com   Robin Rankin is one half of Lanyon Dynamic Duo of event planners in charge of Lanyon Live, our annual customer conference. Today, she sits down with me to discuss event sponsorships: What should planners look for in a potential event sponsor? What's the difference between a sponsor you need versus a sponsor you want?  Robin also shares with us how being an event planner has shaped her everyday life - from how she interacts with other people to how planning events has changed the way she looks at events from the perspective of an attendee. Later in the show, we get a call from Scott Owens, Director of Event Technology at Salesforce. Scott is on the team that plans and manag