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How to Use Social Media to Improve Your 2019 Events

Smart Meetings

Will 2019 be the year you leverage social media to make your events safer, more compelling and downright fun? Smart Meetings contacted Sharlet Brennan, a content marketing consultant and president of Brennan Communications, for tips on how to leverage all that traffic for events. Risk Management. Hashtagging.

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2019 15 Over 50: Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM

Connect Your Meetings

Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Ferreris discusses her passion for the events industry. In 2000, I joined the events and education department at RIMS.

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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

MeetingsNet

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. How safe are your meetings and events? CMP; developing an emergency action planpresented by Alan Kleinfeld, CMP, CMM, director of Arrive Management Group; andphysical threatspresented by David Lau, counterterrorism and security professional. Then one more.” .

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20 Can't Miss Cybersecurity Events for 2019

Bizzabo

Discover some of the top can't miss events in 2019 for AI and cybersecurity. From the Pentagon to the board room to marketing events , AI is found in just about every modern work setting. Event software relies on AI just as the defense sector does. 20 Can't-Miss Cybersecurity Events for 2019.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

But one of the most striking features at the new center is what’s spelled out in its name: The venue is on track to be certified as a net-zero carbon events venue, which means that its day- to-day energy comes entirely from renewable energy sources. Paying attention to sustainability is a risk-management issue.

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Financial Meeting Planners Face Special Challenges During Crises

SmartMeetings

According to Fall 2019 Pulse Survey , conducted by Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), the majority of planners were keeping their budgets in check and considering a wide range of options for trimming costs. Developing risk management plans and protocols is a “big and important question,” Panepinto says.

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IRF Survey: Prospects for Resumption of Incentive Travel Optimistic

SmartMeetings

“Sanitation and health security will be permanently more important risk management strategies,” said FICP Executive Director Steve Bova, CAE. In addition to new risk management strategies, future destination selections and program characteristics and activities are also anticipated to shift as a result of the pandemic.

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