Connect Your Meetings

JULY 24, 2018

Association meetings in Ohio’s Lake Erie Shores & Islands are a great value; the destination is located midway between Cleveland and Toledo, close to major airports and highways. Here are some of the highlights from 2018: > Steel Vengeance joined Cedar Point Amusement Park’s amazing lineup of roller coasters.

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Attendify

JANUARY 12, 2018

*This article was originally published by Associations Now on January 5, 2018, and written by Samantha Whitehorne, Editorial Director for Associations Now. . How can your association use the start of 2018 to shake things up or test things out? Please share in the comments.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? If so, you are in for a treat. The conference is a once-a-year chance to see all of your friends and find new solutions.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Editor’s note: This is a follow-up to the May 2018 article, 8 Low-Cost Tips for Making Conferences More Family-Friendly. Severine Bennet agreed to share, in her own words, how International Society of Political Psychology invested in supporting families at the association’s 2019 Annual Meeting. Family Friendly from the Start.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 14, 2018

Her background in theater production and business administration have served her well in a career of 25 years of planning and managing productions, events and meetings for all branches of the U.S. military and association meetings around the globe.

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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. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? The day I was told that I’d been selected to be part of PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties class of 2018.

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. Bern is the Swiss capital; hence, government business, association meetings, banking and consulting are the core business.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7 2018 attendance vs. 2017 attendance (projected) — +3.2 Number of 2018 exhibitors vs. 2017 exhibitors (projected) — +1.4 Only 6 percent expected to plan fewer meetings.

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