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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

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.

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Top tips for planning your event security

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Mark Deane, CEO with ETS Risk Management brings years of experience to this conversation. Mark is a risk management specialist whose experience stems from his career working as an Operational Officer for the British Government. How will you vet people, manage and control all access and exit points?

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Necessary Conversations

PCMA Convene

After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES. RIMS18 Session. RIMS18 Diversity Meetup.

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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

In addition to data about quantifiable things like the size, frequency, costs, and types of meetings, our Annual Meetings Market Survey also captures a wealth of data in the form of comments in response to a series of open-ended questions. Increase in what we budget for food and beverage, and managing other costs more closely.

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What Makes for Good Internships?

PCMA Convene

It could be managing speakers. They have to be able to manage a contract,” he said, “depending on the kind of meeting they’re having.”. RISK MANAGEMENT Ogbeide wants his students to learn to mitigate risk as it applies to meetings and events. The day of an event they need risk-management skills,” he said.

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7 Tips for a Successful Crisis Management Meeting

SmartMeetings

Crisis management planning is like life insurance; nobody wants it, but everyone needs it. Business owners must budget for risk management even when there is no sign of trouble ahead. But, like a life insurance policy, not having one is far more costly.

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Safe Streaming: How to Hybrid without Getting Bombed

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Digital Risk Management: First Steps. Do you recommend virtual event insurance? On a related note, advise speakers to let everyone in the house know they are going to be live on-camera, so there are no accidental naked Sasquatch sightings in the background. How secure is the cloud? What have we forgotten? “If

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