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5 tips for evaluating safety during site selection

Plan Your Meetings

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. Do they go through background checks and training?) We, as planners, can prepare for bad things to happen. 1) Ask about safety in your RFP.

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The Secret to Using A.I. Effectively: Persistence

MeetingsNet

generated content already spreading across the internet is used to train the next generation of A.I. Chatbot It Has to Do Better” summarizes the key points of the academic paper, noting that “the authors used statistical models to show that on a large scale, content created with the help of A.I.

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Crisis Communication: Tips for Event Safety

Event Leadership Institute

Train Your Team. Once each member of the CCP has his, her, or their assignments, make sure everyone has the training to fit the bill. His safety topics have included site selection, event safety, emergency operations, and crisis communications. Whoever could be the spokesperson must learn how to work with the media.

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Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

And when it comes to site selection, 52 percent said that high airfares are affecting their choices in one of two ways: They are only considering cities that offer more carriers and flights (60 percent) or they are opting to hold regional meetings to minimize air travel (40 percent). “We Specifically, 69.2

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2019 40 Under 40: Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, The Solid Waste Association of North America

Connect Your Meetings

I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. How I got here: I started with SWANA as a training coordinator for our education department. I am also the key contact for all partnered vendors. My interest in meetings and expo grew very quickly.

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4 Top Tips for Picking a Safe, Secure Hotel Site

SmartMeetings

Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. The site visit is a great opportunity to check out the venue’s security system. Do they go through background checks and training?) There is a bright side, however. We, as planners, can prepare for when bad things happen.

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Are you interested in a Meeting Planner Career?

Master the Event

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. Join Associations and Network – Join industry associations and participate and network whenever possible.