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How One Association Handled an Active Shooter Incident in Conference City

Associations Now

Those plans were quickly upended, though, when RIMS staff learned that an active shooter was at large about two miles from the conference site, the Georgia World Congress Center. RIMS had written, vetted, and trained staff on a 60-page crisis management handbook that included information on active-shooter situations.

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Association Brain Food: 10.20.23

Reid All About it

Unlike social media, a mobile app provides a cohesive and centralized communication channel to your members. CDT – AWTC Pop-Up Lunch (Austin TX) These intimate, informal gatherings are designed to help you build your network and connect with the AWTC community in and around your area. You’re leaving money on the table!

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Ready to respond: Preparing your community for a natural disaster

Ungrated

Hurricane Elsa, the earliest forming fifth named Atlantic storm on record , made landfall in Florida last week before impacting Georgia, South Carolina and many Northeastern states. More specifically, this plan should have several checklists, including those that cover: Actions for the community’s incident commander .

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Print is Alive and Kicking

Association Adviser

According to Naylor’s 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey , print magazines have been the second most-valued communication channel (behind conferences and networking events) for two years now. If you want to reach your members with valuable industry information, you should consider the printed word.

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Time to breathe…and think long-term

Aaron Wolowiec

“It takes opportunity, resources and the desire to be able to think strategically to consider how to improve relationships and to be smarter with how folks use the tools in their toolbox,” said Bill Voegeli (MPI Georgia Chapter), president of Association Insights — the company that conducts the Meetings Outlook research. What do you think?

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Don’t feed the attendees: 10 insights for your next food function

Aaron Wolowiec

They are taken to an undisclosed location that I only imagine to be near B218 – the furthest possible room from our present location in the Georgia World Congress Center. Know the differences, ask your attendees which they are and communicate accordingly with the chef. Two at a time, salad plates are removed from our table.

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Turn Your Multitasking Struggle Into a Single-Tasking Juggle

Association Adviser

Jacob Wilder, CAE, BOMA Georgia. Now just circulate this information across the association universe, and all association professionals will have the secret to being productive and effective at their jobs. Know your priorities and be able to communicate your time constraints to coworkers and managers. Problem solved!

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