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Champion Planners Met in Texas for 1-Day Training

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings one-day Regional Experience took the personalized meetings to Arlington, Texas, for VIP access to a venue full of special spaces. How to Fix a Failure to Communicate. Also on the Texas-event agenda, a communications boot camp with two in-demand speakers. From a huddle on the field with the original No.

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COVID-19 Safety: In-Person Event Communication Checklist

Meeting Tomorrow

If you’ve decided to plan an in-person event, and you’ve developed a plan you feel confident in, a key part of executing it is communicating clearly with your attendees. Whether through your website, emails, social media, on your event app, or onsite, it’s critical to communicate early and often, and with as much transparency as possible.

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No More Detours: How Traffic Management Keeps Your Special Event on Schedule

Smart Meetings

Understanding the accessibility of the venue is crucial. Hire Trained Professionals While some events use volunteers for traffic control, there are plenty of reasons to hire professionals for the job. Leverage Your Partner From initial planning through event day, communication is critical. What permits are required?

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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

Smart Meetings

Amtrak cancelled dozens of trains across the mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, several of which were in major areas like New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. Before the storm hits, it’s advisable to communicate with attendees, vendors and speakers. Are there any areas of the event venue prone to flooding?

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

The EPCP teaches that preparedness is "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action to ensure effective coordination during incident response. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Is another expected?

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Book a Spy at Your Next Event—Yes, You Read Right

Smart Meetings

The skills and lessons learned by these experts in intelligence can be fascinating—and useful in the nonespionage world—and now many of these specialists from the CIA, FBI, KGB and Mossad are for hire for your next meeting or training session for keynotes, corporate training and team development.

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Events and Venues Face New Challenges to Safety, Security

Convene by PCMA

who recently stepped into his new role as senior vice president and general manager of McCormick Place campus, with Oak View Group (OVG360), now the venue’s management company. “It It is top of mind for me as a venue leader to assure customers that when they walk into any venue that I am operating,” he added, “that they feel safe.” “We

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