PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Thankfully, there are some expert resources that can give us insightful predictions about what the business world can expect in 2017—including Forrester, a research and advisory firm that surveys more than 500,000 consumers and business leaders worldwide. Among those roles most in demand?

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

At the beginning of 2017, trade-show organizers were forced to confront an unfriendly adage: All good things must come to an end. Now, with the release of the complete 2017 CEIR Index, Breden’s prediction appears to be correct. Breden also credited the efforts of the Meetings Mean Business Coalition and the U.S. While the 1.1-percent

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 13, 2017

Listen in as Convene TV hosts Carrie Ferenac and Kimberly Bottom discuss the results of Convene ‘s 2017 salary survey. Some highlights: “event coordinator” came in as the fifth-most stressful job in a job site survey — yet a vast majority of respondents express satisfaction with the meetings and events industry as a whole.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Atlanta-based event design firm WM Events is pleased to announce the promotion of Leigh Clemmons, CMP to sales & design director. With the company for nearly 12 years, Clemmons is responsible for driving the signature creative vision that WM is known for, leading the design team and spearheading sales initiatives.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 2, 2018

Chosen from a field of 15 outstanding finalists, the Visionary Awards celebrate exceptional individual contributions to the business-events industry. . Hope, CMP, senior vice president, meetings and expositions, Kellen Company, named Event Designer of the Year. Event Designer of the Year.

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Canadian Special Events

JANUARY 12, 2023

She’s one of Canada’s premier creative designers, the founder of Flowers Time, a legendary Toronto floral shop and Co-founder of Engineered Arts alongside her husband and best friend Yury Goncharov. Your husband is your partner in business and life; how did you meet? It’s been 11 years now! Definitely, yes!

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 3, 2017

Here’s how to grab the new year’s big onsite trends by the horns to make your events more successful. read more.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 13, 2019

On 6 th November 2019, The Mermaid London in Blackfriars will host The Business of Events coveted Senior Leadership Forum and Reception. The event attracts over 200 senior executives from across the UK and European event industry, along with government officials, industry media and influencers. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Hybrid meetings typically operate in silos. At its 2017 Annual Meeting at the New Orleans Ernest N. 10–14, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) debuted a new virtual-meeting ambassador program to create a stronger connection between the different environments. The American Academy of Ophthalmology Lobby.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our 16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast included five travel trends that show staying power: 1. SOURCES : 2017 Global Travel Price Outlook, GBTA Foundation + Carlson Wagonlit Travel, convn.org/gbta-forecast ; 2017 Industry Forecast, Advito, convn.org/advito-2017 ; Business Travel News, businesstravelnews.com; Concur, concur.com.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 17, 2017

At Convening Leaders 2017 in Austin, Texas, Amanda Marijanovic interviewed Stephanie Brown, vice president of education and conferences for the American Wind Energy Association , where Brown talked about how she reinvented the organization’s 2016 trade show.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 3, 2017

.” — Max Cohen de Lara and David Mulder van der Vegt , “ These 5 architectural designs influence every legislature in the world — and tell you how each governs “ , The Washington Post, March 4, 2017. How do room sets imply and influence what happens at meetings? Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Pico’s Darren Lim says event planners can learn from big-ticket B2C events like ChinaJoy and Ultra Music Festival. Engagement is everything and event professionals are scrambling to find ways to connect with attendees by creating an environment where people want to be. In turn, this makes the event more positive and memorable.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

This International Women’s Day, we would like to raise a toast to the empowerment and diversity in our events industry. They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. She even launched her own events agency DAHLIA+.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2023

The draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill sets out the requirements that, under Martyn’s Law, venues and other organisations will have to meet to ensure public safety. Martyn’s Law’ is a tribute to Martyn Hett who was killed alongside 21 others in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack in 2017.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 17, 2017

That’s one takeaway from a conversation between Convening Leaders Live host Amanda Marijanovic and Stephanie Brown, vice president of education and conferences for the American Wind Energy Association , at Convening Leaders 2017 in Austin, Texas.

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Boomset

OCTOBER 1, 2017

As the year winds down, event professionals are only getting started on holiday parties and all the great things in store for the event community in the new year ahead. Looking forward to powering registration at XLIVE Con 2017! Looking forward to powering registration at XLIVE Con 2017!

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Canadian Special Events

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Instagram has become a resource for inspiration for Canadian event & meeting professionals to add value and creativity to their events. From stunning quality shots of tabletops and AV to mouthwatering food presentations, this platform is a MUST HAVE for event service providers to showcase their specialties.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2017

It’s no surprise that meeting planners named Vancouver the top convention city in Canada and ranked it second in all of North America in the Watkins Research Group’s biennial Meeting and Convention Planners Survey. Just last year, PCMA held its Convening Leaders annual meeting at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Johnson (GPJ) partners on marketing campaigns and flagship events for IBM, including its Think conference. After taking Think to the Australia and New Zealand market in 2016 and 2017, GPJ wanted to kick things up a notch for 2018. In 2016 and 2017 we had done a reasonable job of capturing the basic data profile of attendees.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In July 2014, Dr James Morgan, Principal Lecturer at the University of Westminster set up the Event Tech Lab. The idea in setting up the virtual incubator, was to help and mentor start up event technology companies wanting to get into the event space, globally. Event Tech Lab will be celebrating its fifth anniversary next week.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

Event Details. July 23–26, 2017 International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney Sydney, Australia. And the gala event, usually a sit-down dinner, is being reimagined as “more of a roving meal” with food stations and passed items, Coombs said, staged throughout the Overseas Passenger Terminal overlooking Sydney Harbour.

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Social Tables

APRIL 15, 2019

The sun’s shining, the birds are chirping, and event planners have more options at their disposal than arguably any other season. After all, there’s the heightened possibility of holding events outdoors, a heaping helping of rich, colorful palettes to play with, and endless summer event themes that promise to surprise and delight attendees.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 6, 2017

Inspired Spaces is a tabletop competition showcasing the talents of Seneca’s Event Management – Event and Exhibit Design students. The event, which has been running since 2007, requires students to select a mock client, choose a venue, develop a theme, source a caterer and define the details of the decor.

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Plan Your Meetings

AUGUST 5, 2019

The topic of virtual reality (VR) and its use in the meeting/event industry first popped up in comments to MPI’s Meetings Outlook survey several years ago. To explore more findings from the summer 2019 Meetings Outlook report, read the full report. A mere blip. Have you had a VR experience in the past 12 months?

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 24, 2017

On the slate for planners in 2017: Tech integration, collaboration, positioning your meeting to take advantage of emerging industries, and thinking differently. read more.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2016

So, as we — Convene ‘s five on-staff writers and editors — looked back over 2016, we asked ourselves this question: What’s one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . I expect that high-tech events themselves will help transition the rest of the events space into using next-gen tools. Coffee Goes Craft.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In 2017, the pair launched Making Vinyl — an event for vinyl manufacturers, retailers, packagers, record label representatives, music brokers, artists, musicians, and enthusiasts to delve into vinyl’s rebirth alongside rock-star keynoters like Little Steven of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Across the Pond.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 22, 2017

According to the 2017 Disability Equality Index (DEI), a survey conducted by the U.S. Can the same be said about business events? Convene asked Joan Eisenstodt, who as chief strategist for her firm Eisenstodt Associates consults on event design. . How do you know —or that you won’t by the time of the meeting?

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

They may not be new, but if these catchwords and terms were Ferraris, we’d all be driving to meetings in style this year. read more.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2017

When it comes to Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey results, words can speak louder than numbers. Each year, we get a sense for the big-picture direction of the meetings industry as we pore over your individual answers to open-ended questions like this one: What’s the number-one challenge facing the meetings industry? .

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2018

We all want our audiences to feel special when they come to our events. That’s why are always innovating and trying new stage design ideas, new tools, and new tech. You’ll also learn how to work better by opting out of meetings and opting into the right workspace. 12 Winning Examples of Stage Design.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Convene has written a lot about groups that are consolidating their meeting portfolios—the American Society for Microbiology combining two annual conferences into one, the Consumer Bankers Association going from eight down to one—but the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) is going in the other direction.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

Claiborne “Clay” Johnston, inaugural dean at the University of Texas at Austin’s new Dell Medical School, told the audience at PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 in January. ” What is the physician of the future looking to get out of your event? health-care system is broken, Dr. S. We are the world’s No.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).

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EventBank Insights

MAY 7, 2018

So your team is hard at work planning every aspect of your next meeting or event. You know a well-organized and executed event is one of the most impactful ways to take prospect, customer, employees, or member relationships to the next level. Why do you need an app for your event? The right event app delivers.

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