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Changing Abortion Laws Create Duty-of-Care Issue for Meeting Hosts

MeetingsNet

Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. Abortion rights is an emotional and polarizing topic. Grimes, Esq. of Grimes Law Offices, LLC, but rather their organization’s duty of care to attendees.

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

Contracting in the current Covid climate, however, is complex—everything feels unsettled, so it’s hard to know how to plan. How do we navigate this ever-changing environment? In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc.

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Crisis Communication: Tips for Event Safety

Event Leadership Institute

Whoever could be the spokesperson must learn how to work with the media. The social media role should know when, how, and why to send a tweet or post to preferred channels. Alan Kleinfeld has more years in meeting management than he wants to admit, combined with nearly two decades of law enforcement experience. Train Your Team.

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Want Some Free, Totally Useful Tips, Tricks, and Advice?

MeetingsNet

If you’re looking for some super helpful tips on everything from audience engagement, risk management, and sponsorship, to event apps and gamification, check out this grab-bag of free downloadables. It’s all in there, from initial ideation and market research, through budgeting and sponsorship, site selection, and marketing.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. I: Site management. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management. Manage critical path. Manage contracts. C: Risk management.

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Tough Calls

PCMA Convene

Meanwhile, similar bathroom bills are being considered in other states — 16 as of last month, according to CNN — which can certainly affect a planner’s site-selection process. How to respond depends on the organization itself, its stakeholders, and other factors.