Best Practices in Security and Accountability at Major Events and Venues.
Are you able to understand and act upon the latest developments in venue security? Have you considered going digital to enable greater accountability in event operations?
MEI Members WeTrack – providers of planning and operations software – have produced a guide that gives venue managers, safety officers and other event and venue professionals articles, resources and best practices to boost the safety and security of your venues and events in 2022.
You can never prepare too much; take best practices in venue checks, run sheets and incident management to avoid scrambling around, unprepared and unaccountable, on event day.
Read Now – Operating With Confidence: Safety and Security for Venues and Events
On venue and event management, Martyn's Law, the transition to digital and dealing with both the expected and the unexpected 365 venue management and event delivery. The challenge for safety officers and operations directors here is a complex workload: carrying out business-as-usual organisational work, 365 venue management, and always working towards your next event.
In some ways these areas are not so distinct - they all fall under the same umbrella of venue management - and for that you need a single source of truth. At WeTrack we sell planning and operations software, sometimes together, sometimes separately - but in a venue you are always both planning and operating. And for 365 days a year, whether your venue is empty or full, it must be safe and secure.
Martyn's Law
The progress and eventual passing into law of this proposed legislation will mark a significant material change for venue operations. In this guide,
you will find a lot more information about responding effectively to the new requirements proposed by the 'Protect Duty' arising from Martyn's Law.
Do you have confidence in the safety and security of your venue?
A transition to digital
In any industry, it is difficult to know where your operational shortcomings lie. Most changes take an investment
in time and money that you might not get back - can you prove return on investment? There are 3 areas we want
venue managers to consider in this regard: accountability, reporting and a single source of truth. Making
improvements to these underlying processes might not get your heart racing, but they will save you
much-needed time and money.
The expected and the unexpected
Venues and events need to have solid processes in place for dealing with both! Incidents, jobs and checks, when managed effectively, give you oversight over the status of your venue at any one time. Together they
give you the tools to keep your venue secure.
Read more on safety and security at venues below
Introducing Martyn's Law and exploring how venues and events can follow its requirements - to reduce the risk and impact of terrorism and operate a safer and more secure venue. Martyn's Law is a proposed piece of legislation in the United Kingdom to better protect the British public from terrorism in any place or space to which they have access. It was headed by Figen Murray, mother of Martyn Hett who tragically died along with 22 others when a terrorist detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.
Read more about Martyn's Law here.
Find out more at - https://www.wetrack.com/resources/operating-with-confidence-safety-security-venues-events
