Social Media Roundup: Bring A Food Truck To Your Event

Finding catering to be a drag? Let the food come to you—rent a food truck.

See how one service helps bring food trucks to local events, and more, in today’s Social Media Roundup:

Roaming Hunger

Learn how you can book a food truck for your next meeting. #EventProfs  (opens in a new tab) #Foodie  (opens in a new tab) http://t.co/gfB6ifaGDZ  (opens in a new tab)

— Summit Chicago (@SummitsChicago) June 26, 2013  (opens in a new tab)

Take a new approach to catering—bring a food truck to your event. As Successful Meetings shows, some event planners are capitalizing on the food truck trend  (opens in a new tab) currently sweeping many cities. The benefits come in the form of a fresh catering approach. “Offering creative culinary fare on the fly and on the go, they’re affordable, convenient, fast and delicious,” the publication’s Matt Alderton writes  (opens in a new tab) in a separate article. One site that could get your portable nosh on the move? Roaming Hunger  (opens in a new tab), a startup devoted to helping you find (and hire) food trucks. (ht @SummitExCentre  (opens in a new tab))

Changing Roles

This is how your career will evolve – What does the future hold for #meetingprofs  (opens in a new tab) and #eventprofs  (opens in a new tab)? http://t.co/QOzbp4vpf0  (opens in a new tab)

— Jennifer Wood,BA,CMP (@FAMTripTV) June 26, 2013  (opens in a new tab)

Wearing several hats could be a good thing for your career. When analyzing what you’ve done so far in your career and what you hope to accomplish, an embrace of constant change could shape your future. In an article for the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convene magazine  (opens in a new tab), the editors suggest the future of event planners’ careers involves taking on new roles—something that could help them discover new realms within (and outside) of the industry. From technology and budgets to contracts and networking, you should be well-versed in each area of event planning and prepared to take on new ones, the editors report.  (ht @FAMTripTV  (opens in a new tab))

Event planners, how are you diversifying your own career approach? Let us know in the comments.

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