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Risk Management 101 with Jordan Atherton, 1st Global

Connect Your Meetings

With today’s headlines, risk management is on every event professional’s radar. The best way to take steps toward protecting your attendees in the case of emergency is to have a clear emergency management plan for each event you host. Collect emergency contact information (and actually have it readily available).

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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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The Event Leadership Institute in Partnership with Meeting Professionals International Launches New Pandemic Meeting & Event Design Online Certificate Course

Event Leadership Institute

The first six-week Pandemic Meeting & Event Design Certificate course begins on September 1 and is eligible for 20 CMP hours. We understand the urgency planners face to understand areas impacted most by the pandemic, including risk management and reduction, new venue protocols, contracts and safer event design.”.

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Creative Problem Solving for Event Design in 3 Easy Steps!

Canadian Special Events

Step One: Information Gathering. A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery. Above all, event partners need to work as a team, each taking ownership of their own specialties. Don’t wait for one to strike you. Ask thoughtful questions.

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Creative Problem Solving for Event Design in 3 Easy Steps!

Canadian Special Events

Step One: Information Gathering. A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery. Above all, event partners need to work as a team, each taking ownership of their own specialties. Don’t wait for one to strike you. Ask thoughtful questions.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Defining Risk. In most companies, the event team makes recommendations, but the executive team must make critical decisions.

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New Research Reveals Attendees’ Preferences for Live Events in the COVID-19 Era

Event Leadership Institute

Temperature checks were conducted at the entrance points, and all attendees provided contact information to receive a QR code that can be used for contact tracing if needed. The online certificate course is designed to provide planners with the resources to implement safer event design. Start Date: September 1, 2020.