Meetings Plus More!

Meetings Plus More! is a meeting management company established by Kathryn H. Byrd, CMP, CPP, CMMM and Mollie P. Rasor, CMP, CMMM.

Examples of our work:

    • Manage multiple continuing medical education dinners for various pharmaceutical companies each month on a contract basis.

    • Planned and managed continuing education meeting for veterinarians held at Grand Bohemian Hotel in Asheville. 

    • Raleigh Convention Center's Raleigh Wide Open 4 U Celebration. Meetings Plus More! managed on-site registration for 600 guests.

    • Triangle Business Journal's 16th Annual Fast 50 Awards Dinner. Meetings Plus More! administered on-site registration for 680 guests.

    • Raleigh Convention Center’s Dedication Gala. For this event, Meetings Plus More!  managed RSVPs and on-site registration for 1,200 guests.                                

    • NC Veterinary Conference with budget of $400,000 - 1,200 veterinarians and veterinary technicians in attendance with 95 exhibitors

    • NC Academy of Family Physicians Winter Conference with budget of $350,000 - 400 family physicians in attendance with 65 exhibitors

    • NC Academy of Family Physicians Summer Conference with budget of $325,000 - 350 family physicians in attendance with 65 exhibitors

    • West Indies Veterinary Conference with budget of $147,000 - 155 veterinarians with five sponsors

    • Cardiology in the Canyon with budget of $50,000 - 25 veterinarians and one sponsor

Meetings Plus More! partners with you for a successful first-class event which includes:

    • Organizing

    • Managing

    • Coordinating

    • Executing

    • One of our many "Pluses" - operating under the theory of sustainable practices in all planning and execution.

Meeting Planning Experience:

    • Kathryn: 22 years as the Director of Continuing Education and Outreach at NC State University's College of Veterinary Medicine

    • Mollie: 10 years as the Executive Director of the NC Veterinary Medical Association; 3 years as the Director of Continuing Medical Education for the NC Academy of Family Physicians

    • Collectively, 35 years of planning, managing, executing meetings and conferences, ranging from one day to seven days

Expertise:

    • Determining facility setup, equipment, and catering requirements for events

    • Assisting with site selection

    • Managing budgets

    • Coordinating speakers, travel and hotel accommodations

    • Procuring and coordinating vendors

    • Negotiating with sponsors, exhibitors and hoteliers

    • Developing non-technical program content

    • Providing on-site support

    • Managing attendee registrations, tracking and communications.