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Risk Management: Addressing Meeting Emergencies When the Industry Resumes

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Why should meeting professionals address risk? When it comes to risk management , there are two questions Coffey likes to pose to meetings planners: If an emergency were to occur during one of your meetings, do you think your client would expect you to know what to do or at least have an organized course of basic action?

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Why This Medical Meeting Simulated a Crisis

PCMA Convene

Imagine walking into a major international medical meeting and finding your afternoon session transformed into an intellectual, public-health version of a murder-mystery dinner party. Rather than have someone speak onstage and tell them how to do it, we wanted them to solve it themselves, and decided to do it via a piece of theater.”.

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How to Host a Safe Event: Advice from Emergency Management Experts

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“From a grill fire, disgruntled exes, tornadoes and structure collapses to hazmat and medical situations; the list is as daunting as it is endless,” Veneman said. Who should planners talk to about risk management for events? What are the most important technologies in terms of risk management?