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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

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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. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States.

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What Makes for Good Internships?

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Peggy Marilley, founder of Alexandria, Virginia–based Precision Meetings & Events, thinks working with students keeps her ahead of the curve. “At They have to be able to manage a contract,” he said, “depending on the kind of meeting they’re having.”. The day of an event they need risk-management skills,” he said.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

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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., It’s risk management. Spellos thinks the meetings industry lags behind in wearables adoption, but understands why.

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Unclear and Present Danger

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sits less than a mile from the White House and about five miles from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. It’s much the same story in the other destination that was targeted on Sept. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., If we’re in a place that open carry might be an issue, we’ll address that.”. Ami Mayfield.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

sits less than a mile from the White House and about five miles from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. It’s much the same story in the other destination that was targeted on Sept. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., If we’re in a place that open carry might be an issue, we’ll address that.”. Ami Mayfield.

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Planning for disaster: Best practices and essential terminology

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“For large-scale events like conventions, we work closely with hotels and they give us a heads up,” says Ashley Savage, public information officer at the Arlington County Police Department in Virginia. “We We make sure that our patrol staff is aware and we have the resources available should we be needed.”. Plan for communication.

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