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Contracts, Negotiations and Financials

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A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses. New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment. Contracting in the current Covid climate is complex—everything feels unsettled, so it’s hard to know how to plan. McCoy tells how to navigate. Lessons from the Front: Covid-era Med Meetings.

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How to Write Force Majeure to Protect Your Meeting from the Next Pandemic

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As news spread about socially distancing to save lives, planners and hoteliers experienced an evolving understanding of whether coronavirus could be called an “act of God,” which would allow contracted meetings to be called off without liability. See also : 4 Contingency Planning Scenarios You Need to Prepare For Today.

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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

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There’s a lot of information out there about how to better your career as a meeting professional. Throughout the year, Smart Meetings has invited professionals from different corners of the event planning world to impart their knowledge. Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings.

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Lessons from the Front: Covid-era Med Meetings

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Those stressful last-minute gyrations were just one of the issues addressed in Smart Meetings ’ latest webinar, “ Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings ,” led by Kara Ferguson, meeting planner for American Society of Anesthesiologists , and Katie Bohrer, CEO of event design company Onwardly. Katie Bohrer. “If

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

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Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. The solution?

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Risk Management: Addressing Meeting Emergencies When the Industry Resumes

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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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26 Best Mobile Conference and Event Apps + 14 Must-Have Features

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Perfect for: Planners who need a highly customized app and have in-house or contracted developers to build features within the platform. Perfect for: Scientific and medical meetings and conferences of all sizes. Offers audience segmentation, event agendas, track/session content, maps, intelligent audience / event data, more.