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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. That is a lot to consider: create what-if scenarios for and rehearse responses to “just in case.”. Call to Action.

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Can a rehearsal be better than a concert?

Conferences that Work

Can a rehearsal be better than a concert? Last week my wife and I attended the free morning rehearsals for two pieces of chamber music — Mozart’s Horn Quintet and Dvo?ák’s The rehearsal. Earlier Festival rehearsals are held in classrooms scattered around the Marlboro College campus. Rehearsal versus concert.

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It’s not an entrance it’s a layer

Conferences that Work

At a Marlboro Music Festival rehearsal last week, I heard the words entrance and layer used in a single sentence. And it made me think about meeting design. Marcy Rosen, right, leads a rehearsal. The rehearsal. On August 8, my wife and I attended a rehearsal of Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op.

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Contingency Plans Save the Day for Events, Again and Again

Smart Meetings

Hargrove sets an example for planning events that go off without a hitch through their government shutdown contingency plan After the venue booking, event design, attendee lists, emails, emails and more emails, your event is all ready to go—finally!

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

Create a long-term event planning timeline to ensure that each part of the planning process gets the focus it deserves. Ignore competing events Clients often approach planners with specifics in mind for an event, such as the date, location, or event design.

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Lessons I learned from an online workshop

Conferences that Work

We tested this during our tech rehearsal and the delay was acceptable (a few seconds) with the setup and bandwidths we had. After splitting my presentation into three separate decks, I began a rehearsal. I had assumed that what I’d rehearsed might take a little longer when I went live. The Zoom/Keynote bug. Consequences.

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How To Be in 10 Places at Once and Manage My Conference Effectively

Blue Spark Event Design

Consider all the ‘moving parts’ that must be managed, like banquet orders, audio/visual set up and rehearsals, event staffing, vendor load in/strike, transportation, etc. The post How To Be in 10 Places at Once and Manage My Conference Effectively first appeared on Blue Spark Event Design.