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Master Event Planning with a Workback Schedule Template

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Time management A workback schedule helps you allocate the right amount of time for each task. Venue contracts take weeks to finalize? Risk management Spot potential issues weeks or months before they impact your event. Use it during team meetings to guide discussions and track progress.

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Preparation is the Key to Risk Management

Smart Meetings

Risk management is a dedicated preparedness rather than simply a mental exercise, according to Lisa Sommer Devlin, the most recent Smart Meetings webinar host. In her talk, “Risk Management 101,” she outlined strategies for dealing with the risks of the industry, as well as how to actively avoid them.

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Scott Graf on Managing a Changing Geopolitical Events Landscape

Smart Meetings

What do meeting professionals hate more than uncertainty? Other than running out of coffee, trying to sign contracts years out and arranging travel in a world where costs are the only thing rising faster than attrition rates is the definition of “stressful.” That is a trick question. SG: Yes, I do.

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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

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Disappointment thus makes way for the grim realities of what happens when an event doesn’t meet targets: the company loses revenue, and relationships with key suppliers might be at stake. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners. THE RISK FACTORS TO CONSIDER Risk management involves a lot of aspects.

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Risk Management: Events are Risky Business 

SmartMeetings

Weighted risk tracking helps manage real contingency requirements We all plan events months in advance, years in advance, or maybe even, days in advance. Because of that not only do our risk management plans need to be well-thought out but so do our finances to cover those risks. Turns out there is.

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Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs

Smart Meetings

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independently owned destination management companies, launched GDP University. The free program touches on topics, in the form of webinars, from the basics of meeting planning to more complex topics, such as event technology and sustainability. The course’s second part will be held Oct.

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2024 Contracts Playbook

SmartMeetings

What to watch For Contracts don’t sound exciting. But if you look at them another way, event contracts are a dynamic landscape that can either serve as a solid foundation for your event, or a swampy marsh full of lurking danger! Lots of legal language, tons of details—essentially, a heavy lift. Are staff rotating roles?