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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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Virtual Events 2020: The #1 List of Virtual Events and Conferences

Bizzabo

The most authoritative list of 2020 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual Events & Conferences in 2020. The digital experience conference has gone digital. And don't miss the Partner Pavilion, Okta Hub and Ask the Experts area within the conference with great opportunities to interact with others online!

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Risk360: On-Site Safety

MeetingsNet

But during MeetingsNet’s Risk360 conference on risk management, it became clear that safety has to remain a priority. A TSA worker ran out of the building safely during the shooting at LAX in November 2013, but then went back inside the terminal to get a company binder. Have an AED on site. He was shot in the arm.

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How to Take the Risk out of Planning Events with the Federal Government

SmartMeetings

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11. Government Shutdown.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

SmartMeetings

She most recently worked at Sheraton Austin Georgetown Hotel & Conference Center of Georgetown, Texas. His experience in the sports tourism field includes serving on the North Carolina Sports Association Board and Executive Committee, where he was chairman from 2013-2015.

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Here’s What to Include in Your Meeting’s Harassment Policy

PCMA Convene

Editor’s Note: This was orginally published December 13, 2013. In 2013, John Scalzi, a New York Times best-selling author and well-known figure in the science-fiction community, posted an entry on his popular blog called “ My New Convention Harassment Policy.” It’s a matter of ‘more or less likely’ to be harassed.”.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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