TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It sounds like a nightmare, but that was the reality for DashCon 2014, an event where attendees paid witness to one of the most important lessons in event planning – don’t bust the budget. By delineating expenses across various categories such as venue, marketing, and entertainment, budgets help prioritize spending for maximum impact.

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Negotiating Financial Food and Beverage Sponsorships 113

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

When creating a safe event, you need to choose a knowledgeable venue. Make a checklist of questions to ask the staff before booking the venue. They should be able to answer all your questions in terms of event safety and crowd management. Venues should be able to help you answer any concerns you might have.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The original venue for its 2016 World Education Congress (WEC), the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, was now unavailable because the Democratic National Convention would be held there in summer 2016. And the alternative venues offered by the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau didn’t meet MPI’s needs.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much of that has to do with a growing perception that — in light of mass shootings in malls, office buildings, churches, schools, and other pub-lic spaces in the United States, and terror attacks like last fall’s in Paris, which specifically targeted event venues — conventions have been lucky. Ami Mayfield. Bob Mellinger.

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Risk Management Trade Shows Site Selections 2001 40

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much of that has to do with a growing perception that — in light of mass shootings in malls, office buildings, churches, schools, and other public spaces in the United States, and terror attacks like last fall’s in Paris, which specifically targeted event venues — conventions have been lucky. Ami Mayfield. Bob Mellinger.

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Risk Management Trade Shows Site Selections 2001 40

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Another voiced concern about the IT infrastructure at venues, stressing the need to know how third-party or in-house AV teams were preserving secure internet connections. Don’t forget, we published a risk management guide in our 2014 PYM Annual. And it’s not just the physical space you need to worry about.

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Hotels 2014 Risk Management Tech 28