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As originally published by Corporate and Incentive Travel magazine Jeff O’Hara, author of Have Fun, Fight Back and Keep the Party Going: Lessons from a New Orleans Entrepreneur’s Journey to the Inc. 5000 (Greenleaf, 2018), is president of PRA New Orleans, a business event management firm creating unique experiences for corporate groups. Learn more about …
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As originally published in Insurance and Financial Meetings Magazine by Derek Reveron Without an emergency response plan, planners risk endangering attendees because they won’t know what to do in the event of a crisis, which can range from natural disasters such as an earthquake or hurricane to a terrorist attack, labor stoppage or an unruly …
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As first seen on www.recruiter.com As a small business owner, you want to hire employees who are agile and adaptable as circumstances change. The smaller your business, the more critical this becomes. You need a team of people who can live without a clear job description and who won’t get stressed by the constant flow of events …
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As originally seen on www.youngupstarts.com When we first started our corporate events business, we jumped at every new lead that came in the door, hungry for revenue and resume building opportunities. This was great in the short term, because we didn’t have anything else competing for our time. But time is a precious resource, and …
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Zak Mroueh is the Founder of Zulu Alpha Kilo, a creative agency based in Toronto. Several years ago, he got fed up with doing spec work for clients – in the agency world this is creating entire ad campaigns to use in a pitch situation when trying to win a client. As you can imagine, …
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We all have provisions in our contracts that cover Force Majeure events, relieving the contracted parties of their obligations if the event can’t take place in the contracted location due to Acts of God, Civil Unrest, Transportation Disruption and several other standard reasons. However, what is not as common is a Force Majeure clause that …
Check out this blog post that was published by the New Orleans Business Alliance. https://www.nolaba.org/whynola/ohara-new-orleans-people-culture/
It started out innocently enough, when a meeting in my office diverged into a conversation about why innovation has been slow in the DMC industry. At AlliedPRA New Orleans, we have always made leading investments in technology to give our clients the most up to date tools to understand the destination. But what about operational …
I recently spent a few days at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. What started nine years ago as a small gathering of hopeful local entrepreneurs and a few investors has quickly turned into what USA Today dubbed “The Mardi Gras of Entrepreneurship” (While that moniker may take away from the seriousness of the event, we are …
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5 Days of Events Produced by AlliedPRA New Orleans The first development of its kind in the US– a Downtown Outlet Center featuring 75 premier retailers – Howard Hughes Corporation partnered with AlliedPRA New Orleans for 5 memorable days of events. The Memorial Day weekend of revelry kicked off in Spanish Plaza, located adjacent to …
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