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Labor Day Spotlight: The Growing Demand for Specialized Freelance Meeting Planners

Smart Meetings

Additionally, the freelance marketplace is evolving with regulatory changes aimed at better worker classification compliance and providing freelancers with access to benefits like health insurance and retirement plans. Communicate openly: Keep lines of communication open with regular check-ins and updates.

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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. Lastly, you may want to include additional insurance protections in the baseline insurance requirements detailed in the contract.

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Preparation is the Key to Risk Management

Smart Meetings

For example, with data security—especially with the looming regulations of GDPR —it is best to avoid the situation all together. Having event cancellation insurance is the safest step to take. “If you take on a responsibility, you will be held responsible if you do it wrong.” Instead, planners need to know what they can handle.

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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC

ADMEI

Are they responsive communicators? Good communication is essential — and the response time after your initial inquiry and during subsequent conversations is a great indicator of a DMC’s reliability and promptness. When your event is underway, you need to be able to reach your DMC partner with urgent questions or needs.

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Mass Shootings In The Events Industry: Propelling The Safety Conversation Forward – Event Brew #004

Endless Events

Whether it’s cybersecurity, on-site physical threats, or planning for crisis communications , nothing can go over our heads. “Let’s just think about the insurance implications, that if this continues to happen, every event is going to have to that huge cost of insuring for when this happens”, says Will.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

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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Incentive Program Ideas for Insurance CSRs

ITA Group

Incentive Program Ideas for Insurance CSRs. Things in the insurance industry are moving fast. No matter the sub-segment of insurance (P&C, Life, Health, Investment), CSRs play a big role in maintaining client relationships and getting policies on the books. New processes. Increased investments into digitization.