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Lack of planning won’t avert an emergency

Plan Your Meetings

Flashback to Fall 2001, post-9/11, event organizers everywhere were clamoring for information on how to create an emergency preparedness/crisis communication plan. Risk management is defined as the identification, evaluation, analysis, mitigation, communication and monitoring of risks. 4 phases of risk management.

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Guest Blog: Major Event Growth – A risky business to be in?

Event Industry News

In 2001, the Ryder Cup at the Belfry was postponed for a year in the aftermath of 9/11, an attack which led the IOC to begin to take out cancellation insurance. Finally, it is wise to consider risk management technologies. Allow each stakeholder to be directly involved through risk registers and dependency mapping.

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How to Control Your Message in a Crisis

PCMA Convene

Bush administration between 2001-2003, Ari Fleischer, now president of Ari Fleischer Communications, got a master class in learning how to navigate sensitive matters with the press. A panel at the Secure Tourism Summit in New York City featured Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary. Photo by Jenna Bascom Photography.

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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. Your reputation—and people’s lives—are riding on your preparedness for riots, protests, shooters and acts of terrorism. By Tara Swords.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

The first was a 7,500-attendee trade show that the client — a large tractor manufacturer — was scheduled to hold for its dealers in a centrally located city in the United States in November 2001. They were very concerned about the target that they presented to terrorists,” said Schultze, a retired U.S. Ami Mayfield. Bob Mellinger.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

The first was a 7,500-attendee trade show that the client — a large tractor manufacturer — was scheduled to hold for its dealers in a centrally located city in the United States in November 2001. They were very concerned about the target that they presented to terrorists,” said Schultze, a retired U.S. Ami Mayfield. Bob Mellinger.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Rumelhart prize (2001), the IJCAI award for research excellence (2005), the Killam prize for Engineering (2012), The IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Gold medal (2016) and the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017). He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Sussex, and the University of Sherbrooke.

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