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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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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

But consistent with a risk management plan, it is critical that the government contracting document protect the agency with an inclusive force majeure (“Act of God”) clause. The force majeure clause will alert the other party that under certain circumstances, the government may not be able to fulfill the contract.