Meetings & Events

If you fall into the trap of thinking nothing can go wrong with your event, remember Murphy's Law. Because it is true that anything that can go wrong will... at any time. You may have been lucky up to now, but that luck won't hold forever if you haven't done everything possible to mitigate your risk and planned for something going wrong. Take a look at this week's articles for some good hints on what to do to help prevent Murphy from prevailing.

Do you have a plan B for each of your events? (Item #1)   Explore two of the vital 10 steps to safety. (Item #2)   Do you have these five aspects of event safety under control? (Item #3)  

Here are steps you can take to keep your attendees from overindulging and to reduce liquor-liability risk. (Item #4)   Read about the best solutions to avoid branding or public image risk and payment risk. (Item #5)   If you're not already taking the steps in this checklist, you should be. (Item #6)  

As always, we look forward to hearing your comments & insights regarding business continuity. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover, email me at [email protected].

Bob Mellinger, President
Attainium Corp

1. Back Up Your Event

You should have a plan B for every event program that you produce or even think about producing. So what does having a plan B mean? It means that you have walked through the entire (let me say it again... ENTIRE) event time line and have had a discussion and understanding of the actions that you will take if the situation does go south.
http://plannerwire.net/tag/event-planning-problems/

2. Managing Special Event Risks

Well-planned and executed special events can bring positive publicity, new donors and an infusion of cash to a nonprofit. But events that don't integrate sound risk management can spell disaster for both the mission and the future of a nonprofit.
http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/library/articles/rmbasics060709.shtml

3. Five Different Aspects of Event Safety

Ensuring that everyone who attends your event is safe is a big concern for event managers. Fortunately, there are many things that will create a safer environment for people partaking in your competitions. This installment will explore the top five different aspects of event safety that you should consider when planning your competitions.
http://tberg.hubpages.com/hub/EventSafety

4. Seven steps to limit liquor liability

A company hosts an event at which alcohol is served. An attendee overindulges, gets in his car, and drives straight into oncoming traffic on the highway, killing a family of four. Surviving relatives sue for damages, naming everyone connected to the event in the suit, including the host facility, the caterer, and the host organization. How do you avoid a tragedy like this?
http://meetingsnet.com/risk-management/alcohol/meetings_steps_limit_liquor_2/

5. Mitigating Meetings Risk

Implementing and adhering to company policy and processes might not always be easy, but they are the safest and surest way to avoid some of the most serious risks that meetings can pose for a company. Failing to put a meetings policy in place can have costly repercussions.
http://www.themeetingmagazines.com/index/Default.aspx?tabid=1378

6. Risk Assessment Checklist

We asked security experts to give us their critical steps for assessing and mitigating risks at meetings. How many of them do you already do?
http://meetingsnet.com/risk-management/attendee-data/risk_assessment_checklist0429/

Quote of the Week:

Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
-- Sir Basil Liddell Hart

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