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The Game of Sustainable Event Planning

PCMA Convene

Attendees participating in the “Redesigning Event Management for Sustainability” session during the Sustainable Brands 2018 conference. It may sound like a game show about planning events, but is instead a practical exercise for simplifying group decision making. The exercise wasn’t perfect — but what experiment is?

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Meet Two Visionaries

PCMA Convene

Five winners of PCMA’s Education Foundation’s 2018 Professional Excellence Awards were announced May 2 at 2018 Visionary Awards at the Marriott Marquis, in Washington, D.C. Chosen from a field of 15 outstanding finalists, the Visionary Awards celebrate exceptional individual contributions to the business-events industry. .

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6 Strategies for Large Event Contract Negotiations

SmartMeetings

Negotiating event contracts is a great exercise in compromise. Collins, CMP is the President & CEO of JDC Events , an award-winning Washington, DC area event design company, and author of the book, Events Spark Change, scheduled for release in early 2018. Jennifer D.

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Arts, Wellness, and Family Activities Round Out a Scientific Conference

PCMA Convene

Jelinek, a finalist for PCMA’s Event Designer of the Year award, has been instrumental in infusing OMED with arts, wellness, and family activities since the 2016 OMED, making entertaining attendees and building a strong community experience part of her job. Yoga instructors taught them exercises they could do at their desks.

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Customer Feedback: Rethinking the CAB Experience

PCMA Convene

In 2018, Bocherer felt that the time was right for an official board, and he turned to Michael Greto, owner of brand activation and event design firm The Chatt Hills Company, to outline plans for its first face-to-face meeting, Dec. Everyone shared the best and worst parts of their days,” he said. “It

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5 Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2018

PCMA Convene

In the face of all the chatter about AR, VR, and the rest of the tech acronyms that have the potential to reinvent the event on-site experience, event organizers will get back to basics to reevaluate something that doesn’t require a headset or data collection: the names on the program. In 2018, I’ll be looking to hear many new voices.

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Endless Events: 20+ Creative Corporate Event Entertainment Ideas

Bizzabo

Why not leverage this trend and incorporate one into your events entertainment? We have seen this done at events such as San Diego Comic Con with a huge success. At the 2018 event, South Park created Cartman’s Escape Room to bring awareness to their season 22 launch. Escape rooms are all the rage right now. Drone Show.