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Master Event Planning with a Workback Schedule Template

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Picture this: You’ve just landed your dream role in event planning, and your first major project is right around the corner. The excitement is real, but so is the pressure to deliver a great event. With countless moving parts, deadlines, and stakeholders to manage, where do you even begin? EventUp Planner can help.)

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Best of 2024: Event Safety and Security

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Although these other event aspects can happen without security, if attendees safety is in question, its questionable if things will. Jacobson, professor of computer science at the University of Illinois and aviation security analytics researcher, about the risks associated with traveling at 30,000 ft. What Does that Mean for Planners?

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

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When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. And you also know—because of what you do—that, in their wake, untold numbers of long-planned events were cancelled. More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. Back-to-back hurricanes?

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Are Celebrity Speakers Worth It?

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Business events professionals are asking if celebrity speakers are even worth it. Skift Take: Jason Sudeikis, the creator of Ted Lasso, was a no-show at a recent convention he was to speak at. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

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Planning an event requires months of prep-work, with pressure increasing each day. Event planners have a lot on their plate, from liaising with suppliers to organizing the guest list. All of this work means that a failed event inevitably leads to disappointment. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners.

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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

Eventinterface

Planning an event requires months of prep-work, with pressure increasing each day. Event planners have a lot on their plate, from liaising with suppliers to organizing the guest list. All of this work means that a failed event inevitably leads to disappointment. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners.

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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. And you also know—because of what you do—that, in their wake, untold numbers of long-planned events were cancelled. More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. Back-to-back hurricanes?

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