Risk Anticipation and Emergency Management

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 4:30–5:40 p.m.
Presented by Joan Eisenstodt, Meetings and Hospitality Consultant, Facilitator and Trainer, Eisenstodt Associates, LLC

The potential of illness, weather, interruptions, blackouts or food poisoning occurring is there at every meeting. And still, planners and suppliers do not plan individually or collectively for the “what ifs.” Large or small, paper cuts or disasters, planners are not prepared for contingencies. Attendees of this session learn to think and act more critically about meeting and event contingency planning, how to better determine partners who provide necessary resources to anticipate and manage contingencies, and learn to prioritize actions to be taken immediately to protect people, places and things. Joan Eisenstodt founded Washington, D.C.-based Eisenstodt Associates, a meetings/hospitality consulting, training and facilitation company in 1981. She brings more than 35 years experience to her work with corporations, associations, hotel companies and DMOs facilitating and designing meetings, conducting training, performing departmental audits, negotiating contracts and serving as an expert witness.

Education credit: 1.25 CEUs toward CMP Certification

Download a PDF of the session handout here.