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Best of 2023: Career Tips

Smart Meetings

Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023 Reading the fine print in contracts when planning an event can be tedious, but paying attention to the legal details are crucial. Heart and Mind: Above and Beyond Career tips don’t always have to be about increasing profits, organizing materials or managing your employees.

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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?

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Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023

Smart Meetings

Force Majeure Clauses As we all learned over the last three years, force majeure clauses focus on liability when unforeseen circumstances impact the ability for one or both parties to perform the contracted activities. However, the more vague the wording, the harder it will be for those looking to cancel or terminate an event contract.

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What Event Planning Best Practices Are Here to Stay?

Smart Meetings

With the onset of the pandemic, organizers were forced to move quickly to online events and discovered they were reaching brand new audiences. Flexible Contract Language. I predict rapid growth and change with many events to come catering to many individuals across the globe.

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The Line Between Attendee Data and Privacy

Endless Events

Catalyzed by a recent Tech Crunch headline about a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violation at Mobile World Congress (MWC), Will, Nick, and Dustin tackle attendee data in today’s episode. The social contract of attending a B2B event is based on visibility. I put data privacy agreements in all my contracts,” shares Will.

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3 Easy Ways Planners Can Reduce Risk Today

Smart Meetings

The most common mistake Howe sees planners make is that they don’t read their contracts. Contracts are self-inflicted wounds,” he says. You have no rights or responsibilities unless they are in the contract.” That effectively puts all the data privacy risk on the shoulders of planners and the organizations they work for.

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Put on Spectacular Drone Light Shows During Corporate Events and Incentive Trips

Gavel International

Recognizing the benefits that drones offer, a growing number of organizations are putting on spectacular light shows during corporate events and incentive trips. Fewer Safety Regulations Fireworks and laser light shows have more safety regulations associated with their productions and are limited to where they can take place.