Tyra Warner
Making tough topics like liability, safety, and security approachable, interactive, and even humorous.
Tyra Warner, JD, PhD, CMP Fellow is the Chair of the Department of Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts at the College of Coastal Georgia. Her practice and research expertise are in the legal, safety, and security issues that affect meetings and events.
If her name sounds familiar to you, you may have seen her interviewed in a meetings industry article on contracts, heard her speak at an industry conference, or you may have her confused with Tyra Banks. Actively involved with meetings industry associations for years, in 2022, Tyra was named one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry by Meeting Professionals International.
Tyra is one of only two people in the world who has a law degree, a PhD in Hospitality, and has earned the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation.
Tyra Warner, JD, PhD, CMP Fellow is the Chair of the Department of Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts at the College of Coastal Georgia. Her practice and research expertise are in the legal, safety, and security issues that affect meetings and events.
If her name sounds familiar to you, you may have seen her interviewed in a meetings industry article on contracts, heard her speak at an industry conference, or you may have her confused with Tyra Banks. Actively involved with meetings industry associations for years, in 2022, Tyra was named one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry by Meeting Professionals International.
Tyra is one of only two people in the world who has a law degree, a PhD in Hospitality, and has earned the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation.
Bite Me: The Law of Food & Beverage
Format: 60-75 minute breakout
This program is perfect for:
- Event planner
- Meeting planner
The audience will leave with:
- Define service standards that will not only improve the quality of service, but reduce the risk of liability.
- Evaluate due diligence when dealing with ADA issues, including food allergies.
- Clarify the responsibilities and...
Addressing Those "Uh-Oh" Situations in Your Contracts
Format: 60-75 minute breakout
This program is perfect for:
- Event planners
- Meeting planners
The audience will leave with:
- Develop clauses to help address the myriad of “uh-oh’s” that might blindside you.
- Help the hotel help you in terms of determining what kinds of groups might be conflicting and what to do about it if they are booked over your...
Changing Meetings From the Inside Out
Meetings are (or should be) mainly about people. Yet meeting professionals are forced to spend 90% of their time focusing on the venue, tables and chairs, a/v equipment, and all the other non-human elements. What if meeting professionals focused on meetings as being people-centric and then made plans around that concept? Then issues like adult learning styles, nutrition, and sociology would guide meeting management. In this provocative session, this idea is presented and supported with...
Risk Management: Five Things You Can Do Right Now (to better protect your attendees, your organizati
Even if your organization has a risk management plan, chances are good that it does not adequately cover your meetings. Coming up with a risk management plan for each and every meeting can be a daunting task. But what if you could identify five things that you could do right away to better protect your attendees, your meeting, and your organization? You can! In this session, five tools (and numerous resources) will be shared that-if implemented right away-will improve your risk management...
Understanding Difficult Contract Clauses
Although performance clauses like attrition and cancellation are challenging, it is sometimes the other clauses that create the biggest challenges. And beware to the group that overlooks them! Addressing issues like construction and remodeling, conflicting in-house groups, surcharges and fees, environmental issues and more, this session will help prepare you for trends that are affecting meetings and, by extension, meeting contracts.
Meeting Safety & Security - Little Things Add Up
Meeting professionals know emergency preparedness is important, but less than half actually have a meetings-specific crisis plan. Instead of staggering under the weight of creating a whole crisis preparedness program, why not focus on the little things? This session offers practical, timely, simple solutions that can be implemented immediately in your planning and management process--adding some key items to your RFP, asking a few extra questions during the site inspection, including...
The Law of Doing Good Things
In our litigious society, anyone can get sued for doing anything-even good things! In this unique and informative session, participants will consider scenarios that highlight the liability issues associated with integrating social responsibility into the meetings industry. Discuss the parameters of the food donation laws. Explore the realities and myths of Good Samaritan laws-and find out about the less-well-known "bad Samaritan" laws. Find out who is really...
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