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

Smart Meetings

Planning and executing a successful large-scale special event can be an exhilarating experience, but one that comes with its fair share of challenges, especially when it comes to managing traffic and ensuring smooth transportation for attendees. Understanding the accessibility of the venue is crucial.

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected 13 December 2023 You’re probably already familiar with this popular phrase in the hospitality industry: expect the unexpected. What is Risk Management? Incorporating risk management is essential for every event professional. Have all plans been coordinated before the event?

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Disney’s Covid-Era Crowd Management Offers Lessons for Planners

Smart Meetings

Socially distanced lines snake throughout the park, with “cast members” managing traffic and jumping in quickly to correct guests not wearing their masks properly. What would you say to planners who might be having a hard time imagining what meetings or conventions will look like when Covid regulations are still in place?

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How to Secure Your Event in the Face of Rising Active Shooter Incidents

Smart Meetings

We asked Mark Herrera, director of safety and security for International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), for strategies to improve security at events in light of these ominous statistics. An event in an open-carry state may need more security than an event where guns are strictly regulated. Train for the Worst Case.

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Strategic Meetings Management: How a Small Team Can Do Big Things

MeetingsNet

Those were the questions addressed to a panel of veteran corporate planners during a session at Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference last month. This requires training, collaboration across the team, and decision-making on a constant basis.

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Event Risk Management: How To Plan for the Next Crisis

Bizzaboo

As we ride an optimistic and calmer wave in the events industry — in-person and hybrid events increased 2X over the last three months, compared to the 3 months prior, according to Bizzabo data — event organizers are embracing the power of risk management. What is risk management in event planning? It’s preparing for the unexpected.

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Well-Done Meetings

Smart Meetings

While it began as an eco-conscious tea company with aims to support farmers around the world, soon after its start she recognized the widespread awareness of wellness and began to transition her company’s model to incorporate somatic breathwork: a breathing technique that regulates the nervous system.

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