Risk Management

Combustible Cocktail

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EDT

It seemed like a good idea at the time For years, officials at the Milwaukee Art Museum had been renting space to groups for special events many of them including food and drink without any problems. Why would a corporate event put on by Clear Channel Radio be any different? But by the time the February 2006 affair Martinifest, as it was called had ended, it had turned into a bacchanal. Attendees

What's Your Terrorism Risk Rating?

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EDT

Travel, Trade, and privacy groups are heavily criticizing a Department of Homeland Security program that, for the past several years, has been used to mine, store, and assess the personal data of all travelers, including U.S. citizens, entering or leaving the United States. The Automated Targeting System began as a cargo-screening program. Automated Targeting System, DHS, U.S. Privacy Act, BTC, American Civil Liberties Union's Technology and Liberty Project

Protecting Your Meeting Network and Attendee Data

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EDT

Rampant identity theft and credit card fraud have raised awareness that personal information must be protected. But if you think these issues are only your IT department's concern, think again. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has created a duty of care for anyone with access to data to take measures to keep it confidential, says Joshua Grimes of Grimes Law Offices LLC, a Philadelphia law firm serving the meetings

Protecting Your Meetings in Uncertain Times

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EDT

A frank and tip-filled session on contingency planning in these uncertain times sparked a lot of conversation at Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Northeast Chapter meeting, August 20 to 22 at the Hotel Viking, Newport, R.I. The four panelists, who included an attorney, a security expert, a national hotel sales representative, and a senior-level meeting planner, shared their advice on topics

Not to Be an Alarmist, But

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EDT

I remember scoffing at a colleague a year ago when he suggested covering avian flu in the magazine. An outbreak in human beings would be so catastrophic, I replied, that it's hard to even imagine let alone write about the potential implications for the meeting industry. Anyway, it probably won't ever happen, I said. A year later, we're bombarded almost daily with evidence that it's critical to be