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Over the past week I've been working with Alan Kleinfeld of Arrive Management Group as we finalize the description for the session he'll be delivering next month at Northstar's Destination Midwest event. The session topic? "Ensuring Your Attendees Feel Safe During Times of Heightened Political Tension." Then this weekend happened, a more intense ratcheting up than we'd expected. Clearly, as event professionals we're going to need a lot of safe spaces to have these discussions. Alan brings a really interesting perspective to the conversation, having been a meetings professional who went into law enforcement and spent half a dozen years on the police force full-time. He worked at large events and delivered sensitivity training on the force, among a wide range of other duties. He and I have been discussing the many different facets of attendee safety and the way these all factor together given the aggressive public discourse and heightened tensions — even for events that wouldn't seem overtly political. With or without access to an extensive security team — much less the Secret Service — how can planners approach safety? What questions should they be asking themselves — even when they might assume they have a "friendly" audience of like-minded individuals? Looking forward to having these crucial conversations, at Destination Midwest and beyond. Want to join us in person at Midwest? More info is below, with more details on Alan's session to be added shortly. #eventsafety #politicaltension #eventprofs #meetingprofs Northstar Meetings Group #northstarmeets #attendeesafety

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