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Conference Organizers: What Is Your Duty of Care?

Velvet Chainsaw

If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care, then the acts are considered negligent…”. As you develop your plan, consider these four difficult questions and how to incorporate your responses in your risk-management planning: Will our preventive measures align with health authority guidelines or will we invest in extra precautions?

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What to Expect from Event Safety in 2021

SmartMeetings

Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. Smart Meetings spoke with Cartotto about what new security trends next year may have in store. Managing the Physical Space. What Meeting Planners Should Ask Hotels. And being prepared is right up Mark Cartotto’s alley.

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Temple Bets on Meetings with New Degree Program

MeetingsNet

The Philadelphia-based university hopes to graduate flexible professionals prepared to manage both in-person and virtual events. With all the Covid-related layoffs and corporate downsizing, it might not look like the best time to get into the meetings and events industry. Temple will begin the new program in fall 2021.

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Contracts and Negotiations Amid Covid: Best of What’s Worked in 2021

Smart Meetings

Event Contract Consideration for 2021. “… It just has to be done thoughtfully and carefully to ensure you don’t run afoul of applicable laws.” —Ty Meeting professionals today are risk managers.” 2021 Catalyst Awards: Fusion. Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era. We covered best practices with attorney John S.

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Looking Back On 2021: A Year in Review for ELI

Event Leadership Institute

In 2021, ELI continued to lead the way in helping the event industry adapt to the constant changes being thrown at us, by curating new resources, sharing key insights and strategies, and developing training content to drive the upskilling needed to continue to prove the value of our events, our jobs, and our teams.

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ASAE-DI Partnership to Focus on Security and Diversity

Smart Meetings

Risk Management The two organizations have also agreed to work together on providing resources to manage risk—and the fallout from decisions aimed at avoiding it at all costs. That is exactly what ASAE did in 2021. The post ASAE-DI Partnership to Focus on Security and Diversity appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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‘There’s no Obstacle Too Big’ to Derail Association’s Annual Event

PCMA Convene

In 2021, the IASA Xchange conference, scheduled to take place in person in New Orleans, faced both a COVID-19 surge and Hurricane Ida, resulting in a move to an all-digital event. The virtual meeting — a version of which had been planned all along to complement the in-person event — went off without a hitch. Courtesy IASA).