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The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton

Smart Meetings

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Cole describes what happened next: “Understanding that the attendance would be disappointed after traveling all that way to attend, we helped them throw a last hurrah to entertain the guests who were stuck. Back-to-back hurricanes?

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The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton

Smart Meetings

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Cole describes what happened next: “Understanding that the attendance would be disappointed after traveling all that way to attend, we helped them throw a last hurrah to entertain the guests who were stuck. Back-to-back hurricanes?

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Smart Moves in Las Vegas, New York and More

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In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. She has previously held roles in business development for Hilton Hotels and served as a National Sales Manager for Caesar’s Entertainment.

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The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton

Smart Meetings

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Cole describes what happened next: “Understanding that the attendance would be disappointed after traveling all that way to attend, we helped them throw a last hurrah to entertain the guests who were stuck. Back-to-back hurricanes?

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Smart Moves in Aspen, Islamorada and More

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Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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Top tips for planning your event security

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Mark Deane, CEO with ETS Risk Management brings years of experience to this conversation. Mark is a risk management specialist whose experience stems from his career working as an Operational Officer for the British Government. How will you vet and credential staff, volunteers, attendees, VIPs, entertainers…?

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Security Flaw at Business Conference Makes Headlines

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An on-stage incident involving a presenter and attendee raises the question: Can organizers account for every possibility when creating an event’s risk-management plan? In light of this, the association’s leadership moved quickly to revise its risk-management plan for the remainder of the show.