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Events Industry Council releases Accepted Practices Guide for Hotel Health and Safety

Event Industry News

The guide covers baseline and enhanced protocols, a curation of hotel practices via a video library, as well as links to a repository of resources by EIC members and key sector-specific guidance. In July, EIC released the Meeting and Event Design Accepted Practices Guide.

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Necessary Conversations

PCMA Convene

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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Looking Back On 2021: A Year in Review for ELI

Event Leadership Institute

As industry roles shifted, we launched 4 new Certificate Courses : Pandemic On-Site Protocol , Hybrid & Virtual Event Director , Advanced Event Design & Strategy , and a CMP Exam Prep Course. 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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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

Cut videoing of presentations. For our largest event in 2016 we had to turn away more than 150 people. This event originally was just for our state but now is becoming a regional event. •We We have implemented a risk-management manual to our events and we have purchased more event insurance for better protection.

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Managing Risk, From Multiple Angles

PCMA Convene

. “Indeed, it was an extraordinary task,” Guignard told listeners during a presentation at last summer’s PCMA Global Professionals Conference in Paris, a session that was recorded for the latest The Intersection video by PSAV. Watch the Intersection video at www.pcma.org/theintersection. Want to earn CEUs?

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The Future of Events: Event Team Members Of The Next Decade

Endless Events

Ten Years Ago… Will speaks of the advent of “social media”, while Dustin brings up Dustin “definitely more safety, security dedicated positions” And Will also adds that “all the video engineer’s role within the general session has really expanded to lots of different roles.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. H: Meeting or event design. I: Site management. Evaluate/audit meeting or event. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management. Manage contracts.