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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

MeetingsNet

Here are some action items and ideas that you can implement at whatever stage of your meeting you are in, from Choosing a Location or Venue, to negotiating The Contract , or creating a Communications Policy. in September; and New York City in early December. Look for the dates to be announced soon. Then one more.” .

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How Can Planners Prepare for Las Vegas Massacre-Style Attacks?

SmartMeetings

The security of attendees is at the top of the list of responsibilities for every event planner and risk management is part of the job description. Luckily, suppliers have made it part of their job to raise the level of security at venues around the country. hopes it doesn’t come to that. Extra Security Measures.

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Lessons Learned From Combining Two Meetings

PCMA Convene

Kirsten hosted a design meeting with Freeman’s creative team at ASM’s office in Washington, D.C., That’s been interesting.” You can’t start early enough. back in November — and when I talked to her, on the threshold of ASM Microbe, she and her team were still signing off on plans.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

PCMA Convene

Since March, Connie has been answering questions about the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, in McLean, Virginia, as well as about where to eat and what to do in the Washington, D.C., Destinations have been early, obvious adopters, offering VR tours of attractions and venues for meeting planners and tourists alike. And darker.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

Two years later, the client wanted to hold a private event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — We have not had a significant event in our industry, but obviously we run the risk with the profile of some of the events that we have of attracting attention.”. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.,

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

Two years later, the client wanted to hold a private event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — We have not had a significant event in our industry, but obviously we run the risk with the profile of some of the events that we have of attracting attention.”. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.,

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Planning for disaster: Best practices and essential terminology

Plan Your Meetings

In September 2001, Alan Kleinfeld was living in Washington, D.C. The meeting professional was about to launch his own meeting management company, Arrive, but as the events of Sept. I tell my clients that it would be great if they could get a crisis management plan together, and the response is, ‘That sounds like a great idea.’

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