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Best of 2024: Sustainability

Smart Meetings

They discussed how they each have created actionable sustainability strategies and seen successful outcomes at their companies.

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Top 9 Legal Questions About Event Safety and Liability

Event Farm

Stephanie Krzywanski, CMM, CED, partner and Chief Operating Officer at JR Global Events, said people might feel left out and alienated by a vaccination requirement or by the segregation at your event of attendees by vaccination or testing status. A vaccine requirement raises practical issues too, said Mac McCullough, Ph.D.,

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FICP Annual Elevated Conversation Around Meaning

Smart Meetings

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Tips and Takeaways from the 20th Experiential Marketing Summit

Event Marketer

The key, says Desiree Hamilton, leader-global events, sales and event operations at Cisco, is to clarify those goals early; incorporate them into the creative brief; relay expectations to the venue; and collaborate with partners who can help lead new initiatives that can, ultimately, inspire change across the industry. .

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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

Event risk assessment planning tool. 90-day global event tracker. These tools, updated in real-time, provide the information you need as you evaluate potential locations for your event. Selecting an event venue. Pay extra attention to indemnification and insurance policies.

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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. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said. Defining Risk. Things happen!”

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Choices, Choices.

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