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MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management

SmartMeetings

Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. MPI Experiential Event Series and the Experiential Event Professional Designation.

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5 Travel Trends for 2017 — and Beyond

PCMA Convene

Not only are business-travel per diems rising, but the cost per attendee is expected to increase between 3 and 6 percent in North America and Asia-Pacific in 2017, while costs will decrease by 10 percent in Latin America and remain flat in Europe. More tools to manage travel risk will be available.

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Necessary Conversations

PCMA Convene

After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES. RIMS18 Session.

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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

For our largest event in 2016 we had to turn away more than 150 people. We are moving to a larger venue for 2017. This event originally was just for our state but now is becoming a regional event. •We Have had to cut special events (receptions, keynote, concert) budgets. •Focused on non-dues revenue. •

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him? Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him? Where to find him?

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Getting a grip on event firearms policies

Plan Your Meetings

It will be true in the days ahead as well: in San Antonio (2016), Boston (2017), Denver (2018), San Diego (2019), Boston (2020) and San Antonio (2021).”. All the cities that can provide us the resources necessary to hold our meetings are located in states that allow citizens to carry firearms with varying restrictions and permits.

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