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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

Do you start earlier than usual in the hope of finding better availability given the compression of the 2022 market? Or, do you hold off so that you can secure a location within a shorter window of time to program dates, potentially giving a more realistic look at any Covid-related impacts to the selected destination?

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Crisis Communication: Tips for Event Safety

Event Leadership Institute

A CCP may include staff from all areas of the organization, such as executives, marketing & communication, legal, HR, and subject matter experts. Alan Kleinfeld has more years in meeting management than he wants to admit, combined with nearly two decades of law enforcement experience. Anticipate and Prepare.

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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. J: Marketing. Implement a sustainability management plan. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management. Manage critical path.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

CMP International Standards, for example, are updated every five years to cover the latest in strategic planning, project management, risk management, financial management, human resources, stakeholder management, meeting/event design, site management and marketing. Jessie States.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. Andre Lico. If we’re in a place that open carry might be an issue, we’ll address that.”. “It

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. Andre Lico. If we’re in a place that open carry might be an issue, we’ll address that.”. “It