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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.

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Pieter Swart Never Stops Learning

PCMA Convene

This approach allowed me to develop competencies in administration, diplomacy, negotiation, personnel management, financial management, project management, business management, risk management, and entrepreneurship. I did not have to win Wimbledon to receive a kiss from the duchess.

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ASAE Encourages Open Flow of Ideas, Advocates Against Discrimination

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The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) Annual Meeting in Toronto opened bright and early Aug. As an organization, ASAE has a policy to not hold a meeting in a city where discriminatory laws are in effect , but he said he understood that some organizations don’t have a choice if that is where their membership lives. “We

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Firearms at events…and your liability

Plan Your Meetings

In 2010, there were 405 homicides in the workplace due to shootings, explained Mary Goodrich Nix, partner at the Dallas office of Holland & Knight, during the “ Navigating the New Open Carry Laws in Texas ” webinar, citing the U.S. Constitution (how’s that for recognizing the value of meetings and events by America’s founding fathers?)

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Getting a grip on event firearms policies

Plan Your Meetings

Until recently, he says, the topic of guns at meetings and events simply hasn’t received much attention. At one event, Johnston recalls meeting a couple from Arizona who showed up each wearing a holster with a legal handgun. Our staffs met with the management of the Henry B. Review gun laws on a state-by-state basis.).

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he?