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DES Spotlight: Victoria Fanning

PCMA Convene

Victoria Fanning is a senior manager of online event production with MGMA and has been planning digital events since 2009, with a current focus on medical meetings. Digital Event Strategist Course and yearly scholarships sponsored by Meetings + Conventions Calgary.

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Embracing the Digital Opportunity

PCMA Convene

In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days. Less Panic, More Design Strategy.

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Phoenix, Just What the Doctor Ordered

MeetingsNet

Top 5 reasons to book medical meetings in the heart of healthcare innovation, biomedical advancement. In Phoenix, meetings are our specialty. And, with a diverse portfolio of conference-friendly resorts and access to medical innovation campuses, Phoenix emerging as a cutting-edge destination for medical meetings.

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Q&A with Tori Barnes on Advocating for Bold Action

SmartMeetings

Tori Emerson Barnes understood earlier than many in the North American meetings industry that the coronavirus was going to have a devastating impact on the economy. Smart Meetings sat down for an update on the effort and how individuals can help. automakers—and GM specifically—during the 2009 financial crisis.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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A Breakout Room of One’s Own

PCMA Convene

But what began as a mere elbow-room expansion became a bona-fide conference facility of its own in 2009—the Oquendo Center, with nearly 70,000 square feet of meeting space, with the capacity to train up to 250 veterinarians at once. But medical and scientific organizations often push their boundaries beyond current models.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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