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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

After powerful Hurricane Ida swept through New Orleans on August 29, several meeting groups had decisions to make—and quickly—about whether to proceed with their events in the city in the days and weeks that followed. By August 25, the storm had a more certain destination: Louisiana. The city bounced back quickly, however.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 18, 2018

Or perhaps a two-week-long riot (Baltimore 2015) prevents your supplier from meeting a key deadline. But, how many planners have thought to consider a “rain event” that dumps almost two feet of water in 24 hours, such as flooding in Louisiana in August 2016 or Hurricane Matthew, which left most of the community of Lumberton, N.C.,

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Or perhaps a two-week-long riot (Baltimore 2015) prevents your supplier from meeting a key deadline. But, how many planners have thought to consider a “rain event” that dumps almost two feet of water in 24 hours, such as flooding in Louisiana in August 2016 or Hurricane Matthew, which left most of the community of Lumberton, N.C.,

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Plan Your Meetings

MAY 20, 2019

Event organizers and other meeting professionals have a duty of care to ensure the safety and security of event participants. The likelihood of an earthquake in Louisiana would be low as a threat potential, while a hurricane would be high. According to Reuters (Sept. Start small and work up so you don’t become overwhelmed. Download it.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Heading home from our annual meeting a few years ago. It was so much fun just relaxing and visiting with everyone, knowing that the meeting had been such a success. Alexandra Adsit. Washington, D.C.,

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