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What Makes for Good Internships?

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Peggy Marilley, founder of Alexandria, Virginia–based Precision Meetings & Events, thinks working with students keeps her ahead of the curve. “At Of the 27 competencies listed in CIC’s handbook, it could be site inspection, contract negotiation, promotions, and publicity. How do you identify a risk?”.

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Planning for disaster: Best practices and essential terminology

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In fact, he says, the only widely adopted change he has seen is that meeting planners tend to include a clause in contracts that says they can cancel events because of terrorist acts. But to Kleinfeld’s dismay, his call for change in the meeting industry has often fallen on deaf ears. Plan for communication.

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