PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For James Schultze, CMP, the realities of security at meetings and events in the post-9/11 era are encapsulated by a client he worked with on two events in the aftermath of the attacks. Marine Corps officer who has nearly 20 years of experience planning business events. “I You don’t make a good target for terrorists.

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In fact, it was due to an earlier edition of the survey that I began contemplating the intersection of guns and meetings as the research exposed the extent to which site selection in the U.S. Will you allow or prohibit legal firearms on site? What rights do you have to restrict or welcome firearms at your event?

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MeetingsNet

MAY 18, 2023

The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown’s decision to host the Moms for Liberty national convention has lawmakers asking questions, and raises important risk management issues for meeting professionals to consider. In their letter, the lawmakers urged the hotel to reconsider hosting the event and posed three questions: 1.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. B: Project management.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The swimming pool of meeting and event safety has a variety of items floating in it, from physical safety and health concerns to climate change and political upheaval. And in the case of event safety and security, it’s crisis communication. One of the key elements that tie these together is communication.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

On April 4, days after North Carolina repealed its controversial “bathroom bill” — House Bill 2 (HB2), which restricted which public bathroom transgender people could use — the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) announced that it would no longer blacklist the state from hosting its championship events. Hilliard, Ph.D.,

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. We advise working with your legal and risk management to establish acceptable approaches to what could be problematic, what solutions will be explored and the timing. 2022 contracting will require going back to basics. Build in More Time.

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