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Conference Organizers: What Is Your Duty of Care?

Velvet Chainsaw

If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care, then the acts are considered negligent…”. As you develop your plan, consider these four difficult questions and how to incorporate your responses in your risk-management planning: Will our preventive measures align with health authority guidelines or will we invest in extra precautions?

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Risk Management: Addressing Meeting Emergencies When the Industry Resumes

SmartMeetings

How will meeting professionals address risk post-COVID-19? Why should meeting professionals address risk? If you were a client looking to contract with a meeting planner or a company, which would you want to work with one that did not address risk? Why should you address risk? Meeting Risk Checklist.

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Risk Management: Events are Risky Business 

SmartMeetings

Weighted risk tracking helps manage real contingency requirements We all plan events months in advance, years in advance, or maybe even, days in advance. Because of that not only do our risk management plans need to be well-thought out but so do our finances to cover those risks. Turns out there is.

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New Cybersecurity Reporting Requirement to Impact Meetings

EventMB

This adds a new level of complexity to risk management for any planners working with or for these companies. Alan Kleinfeld Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: A new SEC disclosure ruling requires all U.S. public companies to disclose cyberattacks.

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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

Eventinterface

Disappointment thus makes way for the grim realities of what happens when an event doesn’t meet targets: the company loses revenue, and relationships with key suppliers might be at stake. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners. THE RISK FACTORS TO CONSIDER Risk management involves a lot of aspects.

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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

Eventinterface

Disappointment thus makes way for the grim realities of what happens when an event doesn’t meet targets: the company loses revenue, and relationships with key suppliers might be at stake. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners. THE RISK FACTORS TO CONSIDER Risk management involves a lot of aspects.

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Are You Prepared for a Mental Health Crisis at Your Meeting?

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Skift Take: Organizations rarely include potential mental health crises in their risk management planning. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings The time to start is now.