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5 tips for evaluating safety during site selection

Plan Your Meetings

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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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. Some venues will even add this to your final bill which streamlines the entire process.

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Controversial Convention Draws Lawmakers’ Indignation

MeetingsNet

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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Crisis Communication: Tips for Event Safety

Event Leadership Institute

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. Alan Kleinfeld has more years in meeting management than he wants to admit, combined with nearly two decades of law enforcement experience. Train Your Team.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

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. Andre Lico.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

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. Andre Lico.

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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. Evaluate effectiveness of risk management plan. B: Project management. Manage critical path. Manage contracts. C: Risk management.