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Risk Management: Addressing Meeting Emergencies When the Industry Resumes

SmartMeetings

Why should meeting professionals address risk? When it comes to risk management , there are two questions Coffey likes to pose to meetings planners: If an emergency were to occur during one of your meetings, do you think your client would expect you to know what to do or at least have an organized course of basic action?

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How the ESC Supported Barcelona After the Attacks

PCMA Convene

That evening, ESC’s leadership consulted on the phone and quickly determined to go ahead with ESC Congress 2017. “The attack in Barcelona was horrific and left us all — ESC staff and volunteers alike — stunned and profoundly saddened,” Bardinet told Convene via email. I thought, whatever happens, we have to go through with this.

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