MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

These steps from communication, legal, and risk management professionals will help you lay the groundwork for reaching out to your attendees and preparing information before an event so that you won’t be left scrambling during one. For meetings outside the U.S., embassy in that location knows they are in the country.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 13, 2021

Over the next year or so, conference organizers will need to define their responsibilities for duty of care when it comes to their events. If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care, then the acts are considered negligent…”. 4 Risk Management Questions for Meeting Hosts. Others were not.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. How safe are your meetings and events? Here are some action items and ideas that you can implement at whatever stage of your meeting you are in, from Choosing a Location or Venue, to negotiating The Contract , or creating a Communications Policy. Then one more.” .

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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).

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Or looking to wrap up 2018 with an exceptional conference? This carefully curated conference directory features over 200 (and growing) 2019 tech conferences across multiple industries. In other instances, summits function exactly like conferences.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2013, John Scalzi, a New York Times best-selling author and well-known figure in the science-fiction community, posted an entry on his popular blog called “ My New Convention Harassment Policy.” I want my friends and fans to know that if someone creeps on them, there’s a process to deal with it, quickly and fairly.”

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

The group is addressing health and safety, community, global ecosystems, reskilling the industry , innovation, digital transformation , advocacy and risk mitigation. Destinations International’s “We’re Here to Help” recovery campaign was designed to unify the meetings, events and travel industry. Preparing for Return to Meeting.

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Management Events

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We speak with Magnus Solberg, VP & Head of Security Governance at Storebrand, on his experience building the company’s security culture, the link between cybersecurity and risk management, and more. . How are cybersecurity and risk management connected in today’s organizations? Can I answer PowerPoint and Excel?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In Chicago, at McCormick Place, convention center operations and sales staff created new tools to better communicate their sustainability capacities to clients early in the meeting process, said Doug Bradley, vice president at SAVOR, the center’s F&B provider. Paying attention to sustainability is a risk-management issue.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. I manage our exhibitor housing and hospitality processes (more than 31,000 peak room nights). I planned the first RIMS on the Hill conference, which continues to this day.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. It is no secret that meeting planning is a stressful job and that no matter how much preparation happens before an event, once on site planners are still deluged with questions and last-minute issues. This is one of five articles on actions you can take to make your meeting more secure.

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 28, 2023

To a meeting planner, a successful event means achieving these goals and more. Whether you’re organizing a large-scale conference , an intimate corporate retreat , or a community fundraiser , there are three main ingredients to successful event planning: strategy, creativity, and execution. What makes an event successful?

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

While your attendees’ safety is paramount, risk management includes ensuring your organization is protected, as well as your guests. CMP, noted during her presentation at MeetingsNet’s Risk360 conference, “The legal aspects of crisis management tend to be the motivating part. Tyra Hilliard, Esq.,

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Plan Your Meetings

JULY 2, 2018

and how it impacted significant meetings and, arguably, may have hindered important dialogue in the field of HIV/AIDS research. The following originally appeared in The Meeting Professional , March 2017. based conferences is a new thing, please take a trip with us back to the waning years of President Ronald Reagan’s administration.

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GEVME

JANUARY 27, 2020

Events and gatherings happen in all sizes, at all kinds of social and commercial environments — whether it is a Christmas party, a large scale conference or a business event. The elements of sound, lighting, and staging of an event or a meeting make up for the audiovisual standard of sustainability. . Meeting Venue.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 15, 2019

The meetings and events industry may be unregulated from a legal perspective – meaning you aren’t required by law to be certified in the same way a doctor or lawyer needs to be – but training and education is critical for Event Leaders. Over the past 20 years the meetings and events industry has been evolving at lightning speed.

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When used to host a mixture of pharma ad board formats throughout the year – in-person, virtual, hybrid, asynchronous – this technology can transform pharma ad boards into fruitful meetings that bring 5x more insights. For example, early on, meetings may focus on clinical trial design, risk management plans, and target patients.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 14, 2017

The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) Annual Meeting in Toronto opened bright and early Aug. The same is true of vetting so severe that it discourages people from visiting some cities to attend conferences. “It Many attendees took to Twitter and the conference app to thank the association for taking a stand.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

“My company spends more time on preventing slips and falls than on sexual-harassment policies.” It’s going to get out there, so it might as well be out there in a good way.” — Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager, Association Management Center. “The hotel room is the enemy of the meeting planner.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2017

It’s gotten bad enough that Meet Puerto Rico — whose destination has taken a major hit on travel because of the misperception that it’s been ravaged by the Zika virus — organized a forum on May 1 called “Traveling in These Times.” How is the meetings and travel industry responding to this perfect storm of challenges?

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 24, 2018

When I was teaching a course in risk management and law in an event management diploma program, I was faced with this same challenge. However, more importantly, it provided huge relevance and interest in learning subsequent topics, while changing their assumptions that learning risk management and law would be extremely dry.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

John Sileo, a cybersecurity expert and frequent keynote speaker at conferences in a variety of sectors, sees the meetings industry as particularly at-risk for data breaches. For example, this afternoon I’m headed to a conference of 350 bankers, CEOs, and CFOs. So why is cybersecurity getting short shrift?

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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

APRIL 11, 2017

” The “good news,” he told Convene, “ is that any non-discrimination ordinance or policies that were in place prior to HB2 now apply and are in effect, . But what recourse do conference organizers have when discriminatory legislation is passed in a future host city that is already on the books? Hilliard, Ph.D.,

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Plan Your Meetings

APRIL 10, 2017

That may not be the greeting many meeting attendees expect to hear. Meeting professionals should recognize that guns at meetings are not a problem for everyone. The increasing presence of firearms is also an area of concern for many meeting planners. Some groups may generally permit firearms as a matter of policy.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

–based Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) held its annual European conference. This was the first CASE Europe conference held outside of the United Kingdom, where most of CASE’s European members are based. And conferences may be our best hope for creating change. The same thing happens at conferences.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce leaders share insights on planning meetings during a pandemic. Along with Meetings Mean Business , Exhibitions Mean Business and Go LIVE Together Coalition , EIC is using impact studies to tell the story of the power of the events industry to employ people, including minorities.

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Plan Your Meetings

JULY 17, 2017

In short, heavy drinking at work or conferences makes employees—especially women—less safe.”. There are no easy or clear-cut solutions or easy answers, but the following steps help reduce risks to employers and ensure employee safety during corporate events and overseas trips. Establish a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 6, 2017

Whether it’s a conference, trade show, sporting event, concert, festival or corporate event, anywhere crowds gather can become a target. Conduct security audits and risk assessments. Getting a grip on event firearms policies. At minimum, the following steps are recommended: 1. Use metal detectors. Conduct bag searches.

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Plan Your Meetings

MARCH 24, 2017

An attendee who refuses to leave his firearm at home or check it, when it is prohibited from bringing the weapon to the meeting, should be banned from attending.”. The Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting took place while I was at a conference. Armed security on site may help, but would likely be an over-reaction for most meetings.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 18, 2016

Last Tuesday, the Cleveland Police Department and the Secret Service held a press conference at the downtown Multi-Agency Communications Center (MACC) during which they went into some detail on convention security. In the months leading up to the convention, locals were briefed on security measures at several town-hall-style meetings.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 30, 2019

When it comes to special requests, Strader has pretty much seen it all — and since the National Academies helps write national food policy, Strader “almost always has a healthy food option” for guests, he said. Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

For example, we learned that digital events democratize reach, but we also learned that to reach a wider swath and number of your audiences, you have to meet them where they are at. Key things to be mindful of will be, different health and safety guidelines, varying travel policies, the list goes on.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

When it comes to special requests, Strader has pretty much seen it all — and since the National Academies helps write national food policy, Strader “almost always has a healthy food option” for guests, he said. Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause.

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