How planners can safeguard their attendees against hotel room breaches
In 2022, at a private event in Las Vegas during “hacker summer camp,” as the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences have come to be...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Jun 7, 20234 min read
Slap and Verbal Attack at Medical Conference Goes Viral
Taken from this MeetingsNet article. Event safety and security deserves to be a top priority for meeting professionals. However, a recent...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Apr 7, 20231 min read
Complacency in the Meetings Industry
“Humans in general are complacent,” says Alan Kleinfeld, former law enforcement officer and director of Arrive Conference Solutions, a...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Event Security Starts with Smart Site Selection
From an article in MeetingsNet.com. When asked recently why more planners don’t take safety and security more seriously, one planner...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Dec 6, 20211 min read
A Quick Note About Omicron
My mantra for meeting planners for the last couple years has been wear masks, wash hands, and watch distance. And like so many of us, I...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Nov 18, 20212 min read
IMEX Returns and Flourishes during 2021 Pandemic
IMEX America returned in 2021 after a COVID-19 (C19) spoiled absence last year. If you didn’t make it this year, here’s a little of what...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Sep 15, 20213 min read
News Media Information: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Not long ago a client phones me and says, “Alan, the news is reporting the airport is closed due to protesters. It looks like the entire...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Aug 17, 20213 min read
Travel, Normalcy, and Emotions. Oh my!
We’re all too familiar with the things we think of when we think of COVID-19 (C19). We’re reminded of masks and politics (regrettably)...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Jul 27, 20213 min read
Lessons from the Field: Returning to F2F Meetings
During some of the last 18 months, I have been able to travel, plan face-2-face conferences and help keep attendees safe and secure. I...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Mar 30, 20212 min read
Meeting Planning Safety: Good vs. Bad?
Often times I’m called a pessimistic planner. That’s not true. I’m just a realist. I wish it was sexy and fun being a planner who’s...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Feb 25, 20214 min read
How to Plan Meetings in 2021 and Beyond
On a recent PCMA chapter Zoom event, talked turned to COVID-19 (C19) and would we return to a sense of “normal.” The concerns are valid....
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Alan Kleinfeld
Feb 17, 20212 min read
What Day is My Brain On?
Did you ever have those days in college when you were so tired from cramming or partying or studying that you’d wake in the morning and...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Dec 2, 20203 min read
Events in 2021: Will the C19 Vaccine be a Hero?
I have been called a Debbie Downer, a party pooper and worse when I say the COVID-19 (C19) vaccines won’t be the Wonder Woman of the...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Oct 27, 20206 min read
A True Tale: A Face-to-Face Event in the Time of COVID-19
*Download a PDF version of this article, with sidebars & photos, at the bottom of this article. The email I got was simple and brief. The...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Sep 14, 20201 min read
How to Gauge the Safety of Your Meeting Venue
Remember before C19 and how easy our meetings seemed? This is a pre-COVID article on choosing a safe venue, published in The Meeting...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Safety and Remote Working
You might have seen a “new” term in reference to COVID-19 (C19): Biosafety. The word might be a nice catch phrase, but including...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Planning for disaster: Best practices and essential risk management terminology
Originally published by Plan Your Meetings, this article includes an interview by Arrive Management. In September 2001, Alan Kleinfeld...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Jul 27, 20203 min read
How Far Does Your Spit Fly?
The other day a colleague and I were sitting outside at a non-Starbucks coffee shop. We hadn’t seen each other face to face for some time...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Jul 7, 20201 min read
He’s a Planner With a Badge
Convene Magazine's interview with Arrive for PCMA. Alan Kleinfeld, CMP, CMM, LEO, MTA, currently works as the director of Charleston,...
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Alan Kleinfeld
Jun 21, 20201 min read
Event Pros Seek More Safety and Security Training
From an interview with The Meeting Professional, Sept., 2018. With decades of experience in both law enforcement and meeting management,...
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