Connect Your Meetings

JULY 18, 2019

With today’s headlines, risk management is on every event professional’s radar. The best way to take steps toward protecting your attendees in the case of emergency is to have a clear emergency management plan for each event you host. Some venues will even add this to your final bill which streamlines the entire process.

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Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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. Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. Here are a few simple things to do during your next hotel or venue selection.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

One of the advantages of putting together a crisis communication plan (CCP) is how much it can actually relieve the pressure of managing an unknown (or even a known) safety incident. If, for example, the controversial speaker might draw unwanted attention or guests, then prepare to work with the venue or hire extra security in advance.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. I: Site management. Manage the strategic plan for meeting/event. Implement a sustainability management plan. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much of that has to do with a growing perception that — in light of mass shootings in malls, office buildings, churches, schools, and other pub-lic spaces in the United States, and terror attacks like last fall’s in Paris, which specifically targeted event venues — conventions have been lucky. Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz. Andre Lico.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much of that has to do with a growing perception that — in light of mass shootings in malls, office buildings, churches, schools, and other public spaces in the United States, and terror attacks like last fall’s in Paris, which specifically targeted event venues — conventions have been lucky. Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz. Andre Lico.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 18, 2023

The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown’s decision to host the Moms for Liberty national convention has lawmakers asking questions, and raises important risk management issues for meeting professionals to consider. For meeting professionals, the situation is a good reminder of several site-selection and risk-management best practices.

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