Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Being the person that speaks up at a holiday event planning meeting and addresses tough, valid and scary concerns around the safety and well-being of your guests, could earn you the nickname Ebenezer Scrooge, but rest assured you will soar to the top of the “nice” list when you save Christmas! The answer is two words: risk management.

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Floktu

MARCH 22, 2018

Risk management is an essential aspect of project management and, more specifically, in planning an event. Risk” can be defined as any unwanted event or situation that can lead to the failure of your project or event. Financial risks can be covered and mentioned in lots of different ways.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

How meeting profs can keep event data safe with the latest cybersecurity tools You don’t want to be the next data leak to hit the headlines. Maintaining the security and protection of your organization’s information is a requirement for producing a successful event. That starts with monitoring how and where data is downloaded.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 25, 2021

event contract. Foster, CHME, an attorney with Foster, Jensen & Gulley , for an exclusive Q&A on event contract essentials in the Covid era. Listen to “Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era” on demand. Meeting professionals today are risk managers. and assume the risk for deciding to attend.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 7, 2020

When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs—at least in the financial and insurance conference sector, where budgets often are more likely to come under the scrutiny of regulators. Managing risk is particularly important in the financial and insurance meetings sector, and meeting planners play a key role in this process.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In 2021, the IASA Xchange conference, scheduled to take place in person in New Orleans, faced both a COVID-19 surge and Hurricane Ida, resulting in a move to an all-digital event. The virtual meeting — a version of which had been planned all along to complement the in-person event — went off without a hitch. Courtesy IASA).

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Meeting and event professionals are very much aware of the security challenges generated by bringing people together. In recent days, we have been confronted once again by televised images of terror being inflicted on participants at events, walking a bridge or attending a meeting.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Sanitation and health security will be permanently more important risk management strategies,” said FICP Executive Director Steve Bova, CAE. In addition to new risk management strategies, future destination selections and program characteristics and activities are also anticipated to shift as a result of the pandemic.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said.

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Eventsforce

APRIL 30, 2021

Want the lowdown on all things events and technology? Hybrid events have more risk than in-person or virtual events. And this is mainly because a hybrid event combines two very different audience experiences. They need to look at the new issues of social distancing and the criteria for letting people into events.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“Hotels have storm preparation plans and protocols for severe weather in place, and our staff is well trained to implement these plans,” said Hector Mastrapa, senior vice president of risk management with Marriott. “We One of the newest entries to the risk response list is the company’s Covid-response plan.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

With the pandemic and public concern fluctuating in the midst of uncertainty, event planners and professionals are left with an enormous responsibility to prepare themselves, their guests and their contracts for whatever comes next. Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era. Meeting professionals today are risk managers.”

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 28, 2018

It is no stretch to state that the mega-event industry is enormous. This article will focus on major sporting events, an industry which exploded in the 1970s with the commercialisation of sport. Attendance at professional sports events in the United Kingdom exceeded seventy-four million in 2017 – the highest outside of 2012.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2018

Although planning a safe event has always been part of the event industry, it’s at the forefront of event organizer’s minds now, more than ever. And with tech playing a larger role in event planning and production, not only do we need to be on top of physical threats, but cybersecurity concerns as well.

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SevenEvents

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

not all destinations are ideal for any group size, destination options may vary depending on group size so make sure you have a clear understanding of travel count, including on-site staff, event planners and employees. 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

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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Management Events

JUNE 6, 2023

We speak to award-winning cybersecurity expert Dr Rebecca Wynn about the data privacy risks associated with AI and how leaders can mindfully navigate this issue. She is an expert in data privacy and risk management and has worked with big names such as Sears, Best Buy, Hilton, and Wells Fargo. We see this in privacy.

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Plan Your Meetings

MAY 20, 2019

Flashback to Fall 2001, post-9/11, event organizers everywhere were clamoring for information on how to create an emergency preparedness/crisis communication plan. Certainly, event facilities and other public places, including hotels, have developed emergency plans. RELATED STORY: Event safety tips from a meteorologist.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

. • 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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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. What type of insurance is required?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Due to security issues and instability around the globe, travel planners are seeking ever more solid risk-management plans for both people and the equipment and data they carry, such as comprehensive insurance and the ability to track and communicate with employees in real time. Bleisure matures.

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Eventory

JUNE 28, 2018

Reading Time: 9 minutes It is a struggle of many event organizers to help attendees in effective networking at events. One of the common goals at events is to make new business connections and event organizers do their best to make this goal easily achievable for their attendees.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 3, 2017

News of the tragic shooting in Las Vegas that left more than 50 dead and hundreds wounded is doubly chilling for event planners. What would I have done if that had happened at one of my events?” More important, “What can I do to make sure it doesn’t happen at one of my events?”. Simple Safety Steps.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Skift Take: Keeping attendees safe and secure is the focus of all meetings and conventions, but a rise in gun violence is making that more difficult. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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StraussCA

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Examples are wages, rent, insurance, equipment lease, telephone, events, and interest. The post Understanding Your Association’s Budgets and Cashflow appeared first on Strauss event & association management. Usually, fixed costs represent a high proportion of the operating costs.

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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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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 9, 2019

While the biggest companies tend to have complex programs and events, that doesn’t mean they’re the only organizations that can benefit from an SMM program. If you have multiple events a year across different locations, then you can take advantage of SMM. Proving Event ROI. Risk Management and SMM.

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Management Events

APRIL 12, 2022

Additionally, tech research firm Gartner projected that spending on information security and risk management will top at $172 billion in 2022, a $17 billion increase from 2021 and $35 billion more than 2020.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Tens of thousands of event attendees have been impacted as groups deal with air quality warnings and, in some cases, evacuation orders. Several events scheduled at Silverado were cancelled over the next two weeks while the resort was closed for repairs. Conduct regular risk management evaluations. Reopening for Business.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 18, 2018

Imagine you’re planning an annual event. The event is only a few days away. Or something as simple as a power outage that lasts for more than eight hours forces the venue to close just a few hours before the event. (CC) It would be impossible to come up with plans for all risk/threats. CC) Mayberry Health and Home.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

If I only had so many dollars to allocate to the security of my event,” said veteran planner James Schultze, CMP, “I would probably allocate most of them there, because of all the different ways a hacker can affect a group and its audience through cyber theft. So they shy away from the issue altogether.”.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

If I only had so many dollars to allocate to the security of my event,” said veteran planner James Schultze, CMP, “I would probably allocate most of them there, because of all the different ways a hacker can affect a group and its audience through cyber theft. So they shy away from the issue altogether.”.

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Imagine you’re planning an annual event. The event is only a few days away. Or something as simple as a power outage that lasts for more than eight hours forces the venue to close just a few hours before the event. (CC) It would be impossible to come up with plans for all risk/threats. CC) Mayberry Health and Home.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

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. The living document will be updated as the situation changes and everyone learns more about how to support a vibrant live-events industry. Kristin Horstman.

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Plan Your Meetings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

James Rota’s creativity meshes with Christy Lamagna’s strategic thinking to bring a well-rounded approach to events. Analyzing and assessing risks allows us to understand them so we can make educated decisions on how best to manage them. The process of analyzing risk can be very involved. From the Beauty.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

I definitely think that sometimes we don’t trust the interns,” said Liz King, CEO of Liz King Events as well as the techsytalk event-technology platform. “So So many people hire interns and then let them stand around at an event. His students are required to plan at least two events before graduation as part of their classwork.

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