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Risk Management 101 with Jordan Atherton, 1st Global

Connect Your Meetings

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. Ask your venue contact about existing risk management or emergency procedures already in place.

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Want Some Free, Totally Useful Tips, Tricks, and Advice?

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Check out these seven free ebooks, white papers, and other resources you can download now. 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. Peer Conference Resources.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

The MBECS were created jointly by Meeting Professionals International and the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council. B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. F: Human resources. G: Stakeholder management. I: Site management. B: Project management.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

A 2010 survey of 1,500 global human resources professionals by the HR Certification Institute found that both professionals and employers saw value in third parties verifying individual skill sets—if it is the right third party. Is that a sign that event management has moved beyond logistics? Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States.