3 Ways Event Teams Can Improve Emergency Preparedness

Includes a Live Web Event on 09/16/2026 at 10:30 AM (CDT)

Disruptions during exhibitions and live events can quickly create communication challenges, operational confusion, and response delays across organizers, venues, vendors, exhibitors, and leadership teams. In this webinar, attendees will explore three practical ways event teams can strengthen emergency preparedness before an event begins. The session will focus on improving communication planning, clarifying decision-making responsibilities, and strengthening stakeholder alignment to help reduce confusion and improve response effectiveness during fast-moving situations. Designed for exhibition and event professionals, this webinar provides practical preparedness insights that attendees can apply to future events of all sizes.

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize practical ways to improve communication planning before a live event.
2. Identify steps event teams can take to clarify decision-making roles and escalation responsibilities in advance.
3. Explore ways to strengthen coordination and alignment between event stakeholders before disruptions occur.

This session is free for IAEE Members and is $79 for non-members.

Bob Mellinger

President and Founder

Attainium Corporation

Bob Mellinger is the Founder and CEO of Attainium Corp, where he helps organizations improve preparedness by understanding how they coordinate, communicate, and make decisions during disruption. For more than 30 years, he has worked with associations, event organizations, credit unions, corporations, and other organizations to strengthen readiness through business continuity planning, facilitated exercises, workshops, and preparedness initiatives. Bob is a frequent speaker on preparedness, continuity, crisis response, and organizational coordination under pressure. He has delivered sessions for organizations including ASAE, IAEE, MPI, PCMA, credit union organizations, and numerous professional and trade associations, and has served as a guest lecturer at several universities. His work focuses on helping organizations surface operational realities before an incident exposes them, enabling leaders and teams to respond with greater clarity, confidence, and coordination.