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In the Cloud We Trust

Smart Meetings

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. It runs the risk of your computer or tablet getting malware and giving hackers the keys to your data. It limits your liability in the space and limits your risk.” But what to do?

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. Contracting in the current Covid climate, however, is complex—everything feels unsettled, so it’s hard to know how to plan. 2022 contracting will require going back to basics. How do we navigate this ever-changing environment?

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Risk360: On-Site Safety

MeetingsNet

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. It is no secret that meeting planning is a stressful job and that no matter how much preparation happens before an event, once on site planners are still deluged with questions and last-minute issues. Have an AED on site. Have an AED on site. Enforce all safety regulations.

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Free coronavirus-related webinars (May 2020)

Plan Your Meetings

To help educate professionals during this unprecedented crisis and to help prepare them for the inevitable recovery, many industry groups are amping up their online offerings and making them freely available, as the MPI Academy has done for much of its content. Meeting Executive Re-Think Tank on Lessons Learned & Continued Impact ”.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.

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Webinar: The Return to Face-to-Face: What Will You Do?

PCMA Convene

In the history of event planning, 2020 will be the year that brought the most cataclysmic changes. Examine crowd-source best practices for approaching COVID-era meeting planning. Learn how to critically evaluate what options are best for your meeting. Understand when you’re increasing your risk rather than reducing it.

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Evacuation Tips in Case of Fire Disaster

SmartMeetings

Tens of thousands of event attendees have been impacted as groups deal with air quality warnings and, in some cases, evacuation orders. Conduct regular risk management evaluations. Imagine my anxiety when the Napa Valley fires broke out 4 weeks before our meeting was scheduled.