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Do You Care if Your Speaker Lineup Is Diverse?

MeetingsNet

The importance—or lack thereof—of having a diverse speaker lineup was the topic of a pretty lively online conversation during a livestreamed session at the 2016 Professional Convention Management Association Education Conference. read more.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Here are six highlights from IMEX America 2016: Innovation & Technology.

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2019 40 Under 40: Heather Wakefield, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

Connect Your Meetings

How I got here: I graduated with an architecture degree and was introduced to association meetings early in my career while working in an academic setting. metro area in 2007, I had the opportunity to start working in a medical specialty association on educational programming. When I moved to the Washington D.C.

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And Then There Were 20

PCMA Convene

I was tasked to see through the whole event alongside managing our department, the speakers, and local partners. Lastly, I’d like to generate more interest in association meetings management and make this industry more attractive to students, who potentially will be the future leaders of our field. Erica Critzer. CRITZER, CMP.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. percent in the 2016 survey. 2017 attendance vs. 2016 attendance — +3.6 percent in the 2016 survey. percent compared to +4.9

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

PCMA Convene

Hopefully, some future partnerships can assist us with bringing other conventions [to Minneapolis], where they can be speakers.”. the Nova Scotia Beekeepers’ Association wrote on its website. Just how competitive is it for DMOs that are bidding on meetings and conventions in 2016? “I We’re really flying.”.

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Ninja Moves for Improved Conference Session Marketing

Velvet Chainsaw

As conference education trumps the exhibit hall experience at many association meetings, or creeps into your trade show experience to create a solutions-driven, holistic experience for your attendees, upping your game with session titles, descriptions, and learning objectives has become more important than ever. You should too!