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Risk Management 101 with Jordan Atherton, 1st Global

Connect Your Meetings

With today’s headlines, risk management is on every event professional’s radar. The best way to take steps toward protecting your attendees in the case of emergency is to have a clear emergency management plan for each event you host.

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Meetings Industry Association unveils essential Martyn’s Law guidance for business events sector 

Event Industry News

To provide clarity for the sector, the Meeting Industry Association (MIA)has produced a practical guide to help the business meetings and events industry navigate the forthcoming Martyn’s Law.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

Effective procurement strategies not only ensure that companies get the best value for their money but also play a role in risk management, innovation and corporate social responsibility. Meeting and event executives are often tasked with the impossible combination of delivering value to stakeholders and being cost-conscious.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Defining Risk.

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Group Effort Nets RIMS Meetings Team Visionary Award Finalist Nomination

PCMA Convene

Creating the Best Show Ever, Every Time Each year, when Stuart Ruff-Lyon and his core team of nine event professionals look ahead to the organizations annual gathering of approximately 10,000 risk management leaders, they share one three-word philosophy: Best RISKWORLD ever. There is no resting on the laurels.

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MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management

SmartMeetings

Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. This course will be offered in January 2018 at the SITE MPI Global Forum in Rome.

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Events Industry Council releases Accepted Practices Guide for Hotel Health and Safety

Event Industry News

With representation from across the many sectors and regions of the global events ecosystem, the task force provides a voice in planning, preparing and participating in our recovery and our future as well as helping to amplify our story of economic and social impact as advocates for our industry.

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