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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 They have to be able to manage a contract,” he said, “depending on the kind of meeting they’re having.”. The day of an event they need risk-management skills,” he said.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

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Since March, Connie has been answering questions about the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, in McLean, Virginia, as well as about where to eat and what to do in the Washington, D.C., It’s risk management. Then the wearable can alert me, ‘So-and-so is 50 feet away.’ Those kinds of tools are not in the distant future.”.