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Risk Management: Addressing Meeting Emergencies When the Industry Resumes

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How will meeting professionals address risk post-COVID-19? Why should meeting professionals address risk? If you were a client looking to contract with a meeting planner or a company, which would you want to work with one that did not address risk? Why should you address risk? Meeting Risk Checklist.

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Recent Incidents Highlight Need for Risk Management

MeetingsNet

A veteran security consultant says that planners should implement many of the same protocols used for executive-level events across all their meetings. In a recent presentation to meeting planners, Coffey ( in photo ) asked this: How many of you check where the emergency exits from your general-session room go to?

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Event Planners’ Duty of Care During the Pandemic

PCMA Convene

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. In risk management, shifting liability to another party is a common practice. Dave Lutz, CMP, is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting.

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How to Keep Event and Meeting Skills Sharp

Event Leadership Institute

What can event and meeting pros do to keep their skills relevant and up-to-date? The free program provides coaching, consulting, and other support to those negatively impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic – think of the initiative as an auxiliary advisory board or second set of eyes. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

The stress of the pandemic and other global crises like climate change, “does cause organizations to band together,” said Shawna McKinley, principal at Clear Current Consulting, and an instructor in topics including sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and event industry ethics at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

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An Introduction to Event Insurance Essentials

Event Leadership Institute

As a result, it’s important for event and meeting planners to have a good grasp of basic insurance principles to ensure that they have the proper coverage for their events. Examples of Exposures at Events and Meetings. Consult an insurance professional to determine where you might be at risk or exposed. Weather insurance.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Defining Risk. Technology Risks. Or they may work, but pose a cybersecurity threat.