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Teaching About Contracts? Here’s An Experiential Learning Activity For Your Class

Event Leadership Institute

When I was teaching a course in risk management and law in an event management diploma program, I was faced with this same challenge. One of the learning outcomes was for students to learn the importance of reading a contract. Cell phone contracts. Cell phone contracts. With cell contracts especially!

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Free coronavirus-related webinars (May 2020)

Plan Your Meetings

Travel launched a new weekly webinar series that looks toward the recovery of our industry and the broader economy, focusing on the guidance, data and traveler sentiment necessary to safely restoring travel and tourism in the U.S. Risk Management Planning. Dealing with Coronavirus and other Calamities in your Contracts.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

The MBECS were created jointly by Meeting Professionals International and the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council. B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management.

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What Makes for Good Internships?

PCMA Convene

CHME, CHSP, CMP, CHE, who in addition to teaching classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, serves as a faculty adviser for the school’s hospitality, tourism, and events management department. Of the 27 competencies listed in CIC’s handbook, it could be site inspection, contract negotiation, promotions, and publicity.

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Tough Calls

PCMA Convene

As president and CEO of DMAI, Don Welsh believes that his organization has work to do regarding “the weaponization of travel and tourism for political reasons.” “I always tell them that coming up with the contract language is easy,” Hilliard said. “Getting the other party to agree to it is the hard part.