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MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management

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Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. MPI Experiential Event Series and the Experiential Event Professional Designation.

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Planning in the eye of the storm

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These events are an important reminder for event planners that disaster can strike at anywhere and at any time. Before events, particularly those that are away from home base, be sure to collect information about citizenships and emergency contacts for all participants. After they hit, it can be difficult to recover.