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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

Smart Meetings

Hafer has served in sales and event management and marketing for the past 15 years, most recently as director of group sales at The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel in New York City. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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Making Conference Swag Sustainable

PCMA Convene

When Tara Milburn attended her first Promotional Products Association International Show in 2010 or 2011, it was her first entrée into swag (stuff we all get). While Ethical Swag has sold to conference and event organizers, the company’s primary markets are the government and corporate sectors. Less is more sometimes.”.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. 2010 Event-supply rentals. economy’s growth was outpacing expectations. MORE THAN A DECADE OF DATA. TOP OUTSOURCED ITEM, 2007–2017. 2007 Event-supply rentals.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Blow Up Your F&B.

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