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Risk Management 101 with Jordan Atherton, 1st Global

Connect Your Meetings

With today’s headlines, risk management is on every event professional’s radar. The best way to take steps toward protecting your attendees in the case of emergency is to have a clear emergency management plan for each event you host. Ask your venue contact about existing risk management or emergency procedures already in place.

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Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era

SmartMeetings

Meeting professionals today are risk managers. Hotels have been a little more flexible about attrition during Covid when the alternative is canceling, but this is always open to negotiation. Foster, CHME, an attorney with Foster, Jensen & Gulley , for an exclusive Q&A on event contract essentials in the Covid era.

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Business as Unusual: Shifting Live Events to Digital and Hybrid Experiences 

GEVME

These leads are the main reason why brands do sponsorship in the first place. . It’s time you negotiate with these vendors because your in-person audience size has become small, and you need to divert your money to the virtual component as well. . One is the increased reach. Two is the increased ways to collaborate. Conclusion.

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Business as Unusual: Shifting Live Events to Digital and Hybrid Experiences 

GEVME

These leads are the main reason why brands do sponsorship in the first place. It’s time you negotiate with these vendors because your in-person audience size has become small, and you need to divert your money to the virtual component as well. One is the increased reach. Two is the increased ways to collaborate. Conclusion.

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Business as Unusual: Shifting Live Events to Digital and Hybrid Experiences 

GEVME

These leads are the main reason why brands do sponsorship in the first place. It’s time you negotiate with these vendors because your in-person audience size has become small, and you need to divert your money to the virtual component as well. One is the increased reach. Two is the increased ways to collaborate. Conclusion.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Negotiation is more essential than ever for achieving cost savings, and planners should work closely with partners — including DMCs, hotels, speaker bureaus, and food and beverage vendors — to identify creative opportunities for doing more with less. A collaborative approach will always benefit you in all aspects, including managing costs.”.

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What Makes for Good Internships?

PCMA Convene

We loop them into all of the main communication. It could be managing speakers. So the interns should learn how you negotiate that type of situation.”. Of the 27 competencies listed in CIC’s handbook, it could be site inspection, contract negotiation, promotions, and publicity. How do you identify a risk?”.