Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Dreamforce, the mega-annual conference of Salesforce.com, raised $3 million for (RED) to help end AIDS forever and another $10 million for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Planning, risk management and security. SalesForce holds an event to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. What’s Next? . How event tech can help.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. Though lockdowns similar to what we experienced at the beginning of the pandemic aren’t likely, meeting destinations may be impacted by ever-changing local restrictions or ordinances around vaccinations, testing requirements, etc. Build in More Time.

Contracts 113

Contracts Site Selections 2022 Risk Management 113

SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

The hospitality industry is coming to the rescue. The group is addressing health and safety, community, global ecosystems, reskilling the industry , innovation, digital transformation , advocacy and risk mitigation. Preparing for Return to Meeting. Underpinning of all that advocacy effort is data.

Food and Beverage 111

Food and Beverage Meetings Hotels Contracts 111

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.

Financial 72

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 72

SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2017

Recently, Smart Meetings had the pleasure of attending the Meetings Industry Council (MIC) of Colorado’s first-ever two day annual conference. MIC of Colorado is a coalition made up of 13 organizations involved in the meetings and events industry.

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Meetings Trade Shows Risk Management Hospitality 40

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Defining Risk. Technology Risks. Or they may work, but pose a cybersecurity threat.

Social Media 105

Social Media Financial Insurance 2022 105

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.

Education 60

Education Meetings 2010 Financial 60

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 10, 2020

More : What Does a COVID Vaccine Really Mean for Travel and Meetings? Sanitation and health security will be permanently more important risk management strategies,” said FICP Executive Director Steve Bova, CAE. The post IRF Survey: Prospects for Resumption of Incentive Travel Optimistic appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Travel Risk Management Insurance 2020 95

SmartMeetings

JUNE 17, 2020

Smart Meetings asked Kate Patay , chair of SEARCH Foundation and chief strategy officer of Patay Consulting, how she kept everyone safe. Ironically, the coronavirus jeopardized an event, which took place March 11, to raise crisis-relief funds for hospitality professionals just as the entire industry was on the verge of crisis.

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Management Food and Beverage Consulting Hospitality 52

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. We establish a chain of command as well.

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Risk Management Insurance Government Venues 196

Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. I manage our exhibitor housing and hospitality processes (more than 31,000 peak room nights). As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Ferreris discusses her passion for the events industry.

2019 71

2019 Risk Management Hospitality Contracts 71

SmartMeetings

JULY 10, 2017

Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 4.2 million sq.

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Travel Hospitality Hotels Risk Management 81

SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When used to host a mixture of pharma ad board formats throughout the year – in-person, virtual, hybrid, asynchronous – this technology can transform pharma ad boards into fruitful meetings that bring 5x more insights. For example, early on, meetings may focus on clinical trial design, risk management plans, and target patients.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Contracts Technology Event Technology 130

SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Smart Meetings asked Sharon Bonner, founder of Bright Ideas Events, after she staged a ball for 1,500 employees.

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2022 2019 Healthcare Risk Management 52

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

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. J: Marketing.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Greg Sparrow, senior vice president and general manager at CompliancePoint, an Atlanta-area consultant for cybersecurity and risk management, bemoans the fact that repeated occurrences of data theft at major companies in recent years has led to a “desensitization” of public reaction. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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2014 Risk Management Social Media Hotels 76

Course Index

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

All this has led to an uptick in the demand for skilled event management professionals. Good event and hospitality management involves the systematic application of project management techniques to create and develop large events. how to manage budgets, advice on contracts, booking venues and securing sponsors.

Event Management 49

Event Management Management Contracts Hospitality 49

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 15, 2019

The meetings and events industry may be unregulated from a legal perspective – meaning you aren’t required by law to be certified in the same way a doctor or lawyer needs to be – but training and education is critical for Event Leaders. Over the past 20 years the meetings and events industry has been evolving at lightning speed.

Hospitality 40

Hospitality Risk Management Social Media Tourism 40

SmartMeetings

JULY 20, 2020

That is the challenge meeting planners are facing in a virtual event reality. CSR that engages employees and attendees of your events is a strategic platform for health and safety management in enterprises, as well as an opportunity for psychosocial risk management. As the pandemic rages on, budgets are being slashed.

Social Media 89

Social Media Risk Management Marketing Meetings 89

Smart Meetings

JUNE 4, 2021

Meeting professionals leading the way back to the convention center are increasingly finding themselves between a pandemic and a hard decision. Read about the 25 Hospitality Trends waiting for meeting profs on the other side of the pandemic. . We have created a safety pledge regarding our events and meetings.

Contracts 105

Contracts 2021 Airlines Venues 105

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What about meeting organizers themselves? Artificial Intelligence.

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Technology Meetings 2015 Hotels 75

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Since getting his start in hospitality in 1995, he’s worked for tour companies and CVBs. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI). The post 7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

More than half—51 percent—had no idea their employers provided any form of travel risk management (TRM) program to assist them during travel; of those who knew of a program’s existence, only one-fifth felt confident enough to use the service.

Travel 59

Travel Risk Management Technology Management 59

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11.

Government 57

Government 2012 Contracts 2013 57

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I believe there is a thin line between planning and execution, and I am passionate about smart tech for hospitality professionals.

Risk Management 40

Risk Management Contracts Tech Financial 40

Nunify

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Learnings from the course:- The students are taught about different aspects of event management such as risk management , marketing, social media, event budgets, and other topics which will help one to become a successful event manager/planner. Course:- Hospitality Management ( conference and event planning management).

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Event Management Management 2022 Tourism 52

Eventtia

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Certified Meeting Professional. A certified meeting professional (CMP) is a credentialed designation granted by the Convention Industry Council after passing an exam and was founded in 1985 to recognize the specialized knowledge and experience required of meeting professionals. CMM: Certificate in Meeting Management.

Event Planning 48

Event Planning Social Media Contracts Negotiating 48

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted a 10-percent increase in the number of meeting-and-event-planning jobs by 2024. CHME, CHSP, CMP, CHE, who in addition to teaching classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, serves as a faculty adviser for the school’s hospitality, tourism, and events management department.

Negotiating 68

Negotiating Hospitality Contracts Risk Management 68

Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The thought of it is often enough to make even the most experienced meeting planner want to change careers. A rule of meeting safety is ensuring the space, facility or venue is free from harm and offers components and measures that keep it free from harm. Safety is a big topic and covers a lot of different elements.

Site Selections 60

Site Selections Hotels Venues Hospitality 60

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

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2008 Travel Transportation Hotels 83

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Yesterday afternoon we talked to Mike Waterman, president of Visit Houston, about how his city’s meetings infrastructure came through Harvey, and what’s next. Did Houston’s meetings infrastructure suffer any major damage? Does whatever impact there was change anything about Houston as a meetings destination?

2017 78

2017 Hotels Hospitality Sustainability 78

QC Event School

MARCH 15, 2022

That said, many aspiring corporate event planners choose to obtain a bachelor’s degree in event management, hospitality, business administration, or a related field. Risk management and contingency plans. Project management methods. You never know who you might meet or what opportunities might come your way.

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Corporate Events Social Media Education Event Planning 104

Plan Your Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Every new safety and security incident is a wake-up call for meeting and event professionals. Definitely include police, fire and ambulance but don’t forget hospitals. The post 8 essential event security details for planners appeared first on Plan Your Meetings @ Meeting Professionals International.

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Trade Shows Hotels Transportation Venues 76

Plan Your Meetings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

With all we have on our plates as meeting professionals, it can be easy to overlook these risks. The process of analyzing risk can be very involved. You need to get detailed information on the risks from all areas relevant to your project. Develop management and implementation plan. Next: MBEC 6.03

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Insurance Fashion Financial Hospitality 37

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 6, 2017

In the most recent attack on London Bridge over the weekend, a van mounted the curb and the driver deliberately mowed down pedestrians and three attackers then stabbed random innocent people nearby, killing seven (more than a dozen victims are currently hospitalized). ( CC ) markheybo. Use metal detectors. Conduct bag searches. Ban weapons.

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Trade Shows Transportation Consulting Sports 40

Plan Your Meetings

MARCH 6, 2017

“What is interesting and maybe not surprising is that 42 percent of those shootings were in the retail and leisure and hospitality industries,” Nix said. Broken down, that’s 109 on-the-job shooting fatalities in retail (27 percent) and 60 in leisure and hospitality (15 percent). of Philadelphia-based Grimes Law Offices. Hilliard says.

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Retail 2010 Hospitality Transportation 28

PCMA Convene

JULY 30, 2019

Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause. Of the 230 meeting professionals who participated in the survey, 86 percent said that dietary requests are “growing” or “growing significantly,” while 8 percent categorized the growth as “explosive.”.

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