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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

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Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays. Consider the following categories of potential risks in your event planning: Regulations : Are there local or federal regulations that may impact an aspect of your event?

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Your Guide to Vendor Management

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But what about vendors? Problems with a vendor can disrupt even the most well-structured of businesses, and that kind of disruption stresses your employees and often spells disaster for your clients. To avoid this particular domino effect, you need to manage your vendors well. A Vendor Management Definition.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Ignoring local policies and regulations Rules and regulations can vary from town to town and city to city. Event planners who fail to research local policies, regulations, and restrictions could end up paying expensive fees for violating policies. Are their venue parking regulations, or street-parking restrictions?

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A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses

Smart Meetings

Take the space to reference the virus strains and differentiate epidemic-related termination versus pandemic-related, as well as corresponding government regulations. This especially applies to contracts with food and beverage vendors, security and third-party testing companies. Another way is through a liquidated damages clause.

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Event Risk Management: How To Plan for the Next Crisis

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It’s preparing for the unexpected. Agreements with venues, vendors, and sponsors often have built-in clauses that accommodate the unexpected twists and turns of the post-COVID world. Communicate Changes As They Happen. If plans change, communication is critical. Prepare action items that you can kick into gear if needed.

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2020 Virtual Event Trends

Endless Events

This year we will see this start to change and a focus on solutions to the increased need for event security in the form of crisis communications, cybersecurity and improvements in onsite security. Strategic Crisis Communications . Everyone at events as a role to play when it comes to crisis communications. And they are right!

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Event Technology You Need to Know

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Planning technology These are innovative tools and software designed to assist event planners and organizers in efficiently managing various aspects of event preparation. Vendor Marketplace. This sourcing directory can help event planners find vendors for all aspects of their events, from A/V to lighting to catering.