SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. Effective procurement strategies not only ensure that companies get the best value for their money but also play a role in risk management, innovation and corporate social responsibility.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 28, 2020

Yesterday, the Events Industry Council issued the Health and Safety for Hotels Accepted Practices Guide. Understanding the essential element of rebuilding and regaining trust, other elements of this guide, available as stand-alone documents, include: Events Industry Council Principles for Recovery , which correspond with U.N.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

As you might imagine when working in the arena of live experiences for a living, event professionals run into all sorts of opportunities to Creative Problem Solve. Ask yourself, does it meet all of your criteria? A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

Events Industry Council (EIC)’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce has been navigating all the turbulence by collecting best practices. The living document will be updated as the situation changes and everyone learns more about how to support a vibrant live events industry.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

As you might imagine when working in the arena of live experiences for a living, event professionals run into all sorts of opportunities to Creative Problem Solve. Ask yourself, does it meet all of your criteria? A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery.

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Event Design Risk Management Corporate Events Entertainment 40

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. Risk categories include financial, operational, reputational and security/safety.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

” Are you the missing link to a successful meeting and event risk management plan? This program explores the role of meeting/event planners and venue operators in the risk management identification, response and recovery process.

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Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 26, 2020

You may have seen the news headlines or social media clips of a ten thousand plus crowd watching Eric Chou, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, perform in Taiwan – the first event of its kind since the pandemic began. But the concert was far from the typical pre-COVID experience. Download the full report.

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Food and Beverage Risk Management 2020 Social Media 59

Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 28, 2020

August 28, 2020 – As planning for modified in-person events for 2021 begins, planners are left wondering how attendees feel about attending on-site events – including the health protocols and procedures that will make them feel safe. Pandemic Meeting & Event Design Certificate.

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Food and Beverage Risk Management 2020 Contracts 40

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Certified Meetings Experts.

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SevenEvents

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

the power of incentive travel is an ever-evolving innovative platform that satisfies an innate desire for immersive and transformative experiences that, if done the right way, help an organization meet or exceed its business goals. for all your incentives and for any occasion, get in contact with seven events at info@sevenevents.co.uk

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 20, 2016

The first-ever ASM Microbe program — the American Society for Microbiology’s grand experiment in combining its General Meeting and Interscience Conference on Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) into one new annual conference — wraps today. Look for my article about that in our September issue.). That’s been interesting.”

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2018

After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES. RIMS18 Session.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 14, 2022

Virtual events have opened up an entirely new distribution channel for us, and the constant uncertainty of a changing landscape made the need for trusted advisors in our field more important than ever before. We had 4,239 event professionals register for our courses , 3,667 of which passed their exams to earn digital credentials.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

In addition to data about quantifiable things like the size, frequency, costs, and types of meetings, our Annual Meetings Market Survey also captures a wealth of data in the form of comments in response to a series of open-ended questions. Last week we published comments about the meeting industry’s biggest challenges.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Finally, communicate with your attendees to help keep their data safe: – Consider periodic announcements about security during the event – Send push notifications to attendees reminding them to keep their devices secure and close-at-hand.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

Imagine walking into a major international medical meeting and finding your afternoon session transformed into an intellectual, public-health version of a murder-mystery dinner party. Held on day two of the three-day event, the three-hour session was listed in the agenda simply as “a simulation exercise.” million deaths a year.

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Decibel Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Decibel has gotten creative with our event venue spaces in the past, having held events at the National Mall, Portrait Gallery, Dock 5, the Library of Congress and on various other spaces and rooftops in and around DC. Some would say that a holiday event is in and of itself is a theme. Are minors permitted at the event?

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce leaders share insights on planning meetings during a pandemic. Events Industry Council (EIC)’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce is navigating the turbulence by collecting accepted practices in one place. Preparing for a Return to Meeting.

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Food and Beverage Airlines Contracts Hotels 52

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 16, 2020

Attendee safety has always been a top priority for any event organizer, and now the world is on high alert. Join us as we move through protocols and procedures to keep everyone, from attendees to VIPs, safe when they step back into face-to-face events. Security measures have increased in every aspect, so we have brought in the experts.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In the history of event planning, 2020 will be the year that brought the most cataclysmic changes. Events are going to look vastly different next year when we are all able to return to face-to-face. Examine crowd-source best practices for approaching COVID-era meeting planning. Until 2021! Brought to you by:

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PCMA Convene

JULY 29, 2020

Meetings and events are going to look very different when the industry returns to face-to-face in light of COVID-19. The business events community has been working to find the best practices and create standards to ensure the safety of all when we do. Resources: CDC Contact Tracing Resources. Gathering Limits By State.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our 16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast included five travel trends that show staying power: 1. More tools to manage travel risk will be available. Expect new insurance products and increasingly sophisticated software to address these risks. Attendee costs will grow in some places.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Indy has welcomed over 50,000 attendees, across 21 live events and 65-days, with no known COVID cases. Through a four-tier approach, learn how Visit Indy, Indiana Convention Center, and Marion County Public Health Department are working together to successfully host live events in a safe and effective way. Sponsored by:

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Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

That all adds up to attendees potentially showing up armed at your event. Throughout this year, Andy Johnston, president of the Atlanta-based Idea Group, has published an informative series of posts regarding event emergencies. Until recently, he says, the topic of guns at meetings and events simply hasn’t received much attention.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Cybersecurity and event security threats are on everyone’s mind lately. You can also help educate the industry around event security, including cybersecurity, by participating in a Convene’s short Reader Survey. You can help set the direction of the workgroup over the next year by taking part in a 25-question survey.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Mass alerts about an emergency situation might actually incite panic at an event. Here’a a more strategic way to send text notifications. Read More.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2016

It’s a familiar worry for anyone planning an outdoor event: Will it rain? For Michael Massari, senior vice president of meetings and events at Caesars Entertainment, creating a backup plan became increasingly tricky in the days leading up to MPI’s World Education Congress in Atlantic City on June 11–14.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

There’s no time like the present to reflect on the future of events. Because what we really mean is – what will define the event team members of the next decade? With yet another decade coming to an end soon, the team behind Event Brew decided to put their heads together. The Future Of Events: Looking Back First.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Learning Outcomes: Understand how cybersecurity has shifted due to recent events. Identify the 3-5 greatest risks growing out of our new reality. He will show you how to deploy a threat narrative to empower your culture of security, and how crisis and failure are untapped weapons in your anti-fraud toolkit.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2018

A catalyst for creating meaningful business connections, the 2018 PCMA-ICESAP Annual Conference delivers both an effective networking and educational experience to empower participants to elevate their performance, strengthen their community and make each moment count at their next event.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s going to get out there, so it might as well be out there in a good way.” — Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager, Association Management Center. Sometimes we forget when our job is to solve a problem — not to be creative.” — Dave Owens, professor for the practice of management and innovation, Vanderbilt University. .

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2019

With so many outlets for fresh streaming content, we’re blessed with two documentaries chronicling the disaster that was the Fyre Festival, which was more of a Ponzi scheme than an actual event. Check out the Reddit thread, “ Watching the Fyre Festival doc as a former event planer feeling TRIGGERED.”. “I Weddings & parties.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In Convene ’s survey, only 11 percent of respondents said they’ve used metal detectors or bag searchers at their meetings, but 77 percent said they would consider it. It is not a concern based on the attendees and the city where we hold meetings,” one respondent wrote. First, what do you tell attendees about your event security?

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