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Security Flaw at Business Conference Makes Headlines

MeetingsNet

An on-stage incident involving a presenter and attendee raises the question: Can organizers account for every possibility when creating an event’s risk-management plan? In light of this, the association’s leadership moved quickly to revise its risk-management plan for the remainder of the show.

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Top 5 Event Planning Courses for Planners

Event Planning BluePrint

The Event Planners’ Hub – By the end of this course, you’ll confidently know how to charge for your services, how to work with paying clients, and understand how to plan and manage events professionally from start to finish. You’ll also learn marketing basics and get your event certification. . Risk Management.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

Instead of advertising its brand, Amazon chose to use its naming rights to spotlight its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by calling the Seattle venue Climate Pledge Arena — just one example how sustainability has become top of mind for organizations and consumers. Paying attention to sustainability is a risk-management issue.

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Successful Event Planning Considerations: What Makes or Breaks an Event?

The Castle Group

With so many things competing for your attendees’ time and attention, strategic event marketing and promotion are essential to your event’s success. Utilize various channels such as social media, email campaigns, targeted advertising, and, if applicable, partnerships with influencers to create buzz, generate interest, and drive attendance.

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Ensuring Compliance During COVID at In-Person Events

PCMA Convene

Urbanovich and Seasholtz, CMP, DES, who is now director of Americas operations for the Drug Information Association, knew each other from working in the Philadelphia market, and were both taking the Health Education Service’s COVID-19 Compliance Officer course, designed to educate crews working on film productions and photo shoots during COVID-19.

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How to Use Social Media to Improve Your 2019 Events

Smart Meetings

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. She shared that most event professionals use social media for marketing, but are not completely utilizing the advantages each platform. Risk Management.

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Get the show on the road: Event Management

Course Index

The business events sector is also busier than ever, with regular year-on-year growth in conferences, conventions, expos, product launches and marketing events. All this has led to an uptick in the demand for skilled event management professionals. It is stressful as hell, but enormously satisfying and fun.