PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? But job sites that aren’t specific to the meetings industry lump event planners and event coordinators together. Fifty-six percent of respondents are age 40 and older; 61 percent have more than 10 years of meeting-management experience. Convene Salary Survey 2017.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Winners received complimentary PCMA membership along with registration to both PCMA Convening Leaders 2018 this month and the 2018 PCMA Education Conference in June. Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Alexandra Adsit. Washington, D.C.,

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. 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 compared to +4.9

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PCMA Convene

JULY 20, 2018

Late last year, the association launched its own small and more targeted conference for its medical and scientific community by working closely with its members — and with its host destination to leverage its knowledge assets. However, it became clear to the association that more breakout content was needed for a number of specialties.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

The numbers are in: Slightly fewer meeting professionals received raises compared with last year’s survey, and those increases were significantly less than those received in the prior year. . According to our survey results this year, the overall average salary for meeting professionals is $80,505. And even at 4.35

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Mexico City wants planners to know it is open for business, and ready to host your meeting or event—even as clean-up from September’s 7.1 of meeting and convention space. of meeting and convention space. of meeting and convention space, and 403,915 sq. of meeting space. of meeting space. of meeting space.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

“Everyone seemed excited to see us there, because the conference hadn’t been to the United States since 1967,” said Nathan Hermiston, director of destination sales for Meet Minneapolis, whose colorful booth at Apimondia 2015 was the culmination of an 18-month-long bid for Apimondia 2019.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

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!

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Every year, when we compile the latest Meetings Market Survey results, we compare them to the previous year’s survey. Those disclaimers aside, Convene ’s annual Meetings Market Survey continues to be recognized as an important piece of benchmarking research in the meetings industry. In last year’s survey: +2.9 percent. ›

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

–based Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) held its annual European conference. This was the first CASE Europe conference held outside of the United Kingdom, where most of CASE’s European members are based. And conferences may be our best hope for creating change. The same thing happens at conferences.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

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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