PCMA Convene

APRIL 24, 2018

I generally have my pre-meeting routine down pat — grab a cup of coffee and then find a seat near, but not too near, the front of the room. But just at the beginning of a two-day workshop on meeting innovation, event designer Bo Krüger stopped me and other workshop participants in our tracks.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2019

David Peckinpaugh (right), 2018 chair of the PCMA Foundation, speaks at the 2018 Visionary Awards. To bring event design to life in our face-to-face board meetings and to engage the board in meaningful and strategic dialogue versus “report-outs.” What were your primary goals as chair of the PCMA Foundation?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2019

People who attend meetings are looking for solutions — to business challenges, to career obstacles, to global problems — and these innovative meetings are providing some of the answers. bizbash.com. Read More.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

Convene ’s own look at the attitudes toward homelessness in the meetings industry show that a number of meeting professionals are bucking that trend: Thirty-five percent of those who responded to a survey last August reported they had organized CSR activities to benefit homelessness in the destinations where they hold meetings.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | April 2018. Freelance Event Producer | AlliedPRA | Phoenix, AZ.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 2, 2018

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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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners.

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Canadian Special Events

DECEMBER 25, 2018

For EY, the goal was to provide an environment where guests would linger long enough to meet with their team and to show their innovative strengths while giving guests comfort amongst the disruption. See the gorgeous magazine spread on this event with more images in the summer 2018 issue of Canadian Special Events Mag.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 13, 2017

is gearing up to host a slew of citywide conventions and meetings in 2018 that are coming to the capital for the first time. Each event will host 2,500 attendees or more next year. affords meeting organizers access to expert speakers, federal policymakers, and industry sponsors. Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C.,

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Event Planning Manager | Hyatt | Lahaina, HI.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events. Riggs joined Maritz Global Events Design Studio in 2018. Before joining Maritz, she worked as Tourism Vancouver’s meeting and convention sales manager for Chicago and the Midwest.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Fundraising Event Management. Technical Meeting & Event Production. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Meeting & Event Job Openings. Freelance Event Producer | AlliedPRA | Phoenix, AZ. Events | Huntington Beach, CA. Event Producer / Planning Asst. Learn More.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 20, 2020

Photo attributions: 2018 “QA or the Highway” software testing conference {top}. Being Schooled: Inside a Conference That Works “Mad blogger” Sue Pelletier of MeetingsNet has written an excellent article on her experiences at the four-day Conferences That Work format edACCESS 2014 annual meeting I convened in June.

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Plan Your Meetings

APRIL 11, 2018

Thursday, April 12, 2018, is Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a dedicated date to focus on and promote the meeting and event industry and enhance your planning skills through free or low-cost professional education (it’s time to get more strategic in your planning). Budget Tips for Meeting Organizers”.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Event Marketer | Kitchen Magic, Inc.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2019

The event has grown to about 2500 attendees and each year MPI is working to raise the bar. They strive to change the way we meet and it’s working! In 2018 MPI’s World Education Congress had a complete overhaul. Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey of Nifty Method Marketing & Events ( @ lindsaythecmp ). Event Design Collective.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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Quickmobile

OCTOBER 12, 2017

PCMA Spark offers industry talk & discussion about the future of event technology @PCMACW Click To Tweet. The planners in charge, Shawn Cheng and Jenny Stanfield , are beyond excited to see the event come to life—and look forward to what it means for their local PCMA chapter. What Your 2018 Event App Will Look Like.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The main stage hosted cosplay competitions and interactive games, fan meetings with e-sports stars, and a high-profile competition between famous e-sports teams. The sheer size and growth figures of ChinaJoy point to the event’s increasing success — the 2018 event drew in 350,000 people, 10,000 more than the 2017 edition.

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Event Industry News

JULY 24, 2019

With the venue itself being quite a blank canvas space, Kit & Caboodle were excited to delve into the event design and fully transform the space. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events. With stunning panoramic views of the city, Landing Forty Two quite literally stood out above the rest. Areas of interest.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 23, 2018

That’s one takeaway from IACC’s fresh-off-the-press “2018 Meeting Room of the Future Report” that will likely not surprise you. The report covered a number of areas related to event spaces. And venues are increasingly offering internet access free of charge to clients or included as part of a meeting package. .

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Five Convene editors looked back over 2018, asking this question: What’s one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on in 2019? Read More.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Certified Meetings Experts.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018.

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Eventmobi

APRIL 5, 2018

Whether it’s setting detailed timelines, designing app content, or providing strategies to drive event engagement with the app, I’m in constant contact with clients from the very first introductory kickoff meeting to when their event ends. Julius Solaris from Event Manager Blog speaking about event design.

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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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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

You’ll also learn how to work better by opting out of meetings and opting into the right workspace. We also have a special treat: learn the origin story of Endless Events straight from our Chief Event Einstein himself. 2018 in Events: Predictions from Experts. Personalization Reigns Supreme in 2018.

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Decibel Management

MAY 24, 2021

at the Disco, Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte), but nothing so spectacular or extraordinary or life changing that the event could run up that kind of bill. . at the Disco, Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte), but nothing so spectacular or extraordinary or life changing that the event could run up that kind of bill. .

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PCMA Convene

MAY 20, 2018

Orlando’s premier event venue, 3NINE at Rosen Plaza, offers organizers a space they truly can make their own. Self-expression is increasingly top of mind for event organizers and attendees — it made PCMA Convene ’s top-five list of trends to watch in 2018. Photo Credit Rosen Plaza.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2023

This month, we’re hitching a ride to San Antonio, home to the Alamo, stunning natural caverns and an abundance of meeting and exhibition space, including a 1.6 The first phase of the project was completed in 2018 and features installations from prominent local artists spanning murals, ceramic art, tiled benches and historical text and poetry.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She even launched her own events agency DAHLIA+. Tahira Endean : She has been a part of this immense events industry for a little more than 2 decades.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 23, 2018

So why not incorporate some of those photo-ready moments into your events? That’s the argument Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager at Association Management Center, made during the “ Convene Presents: Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2018” session at this year’s Convening Leaders. How to create eye-catching moments?

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 4, 2019

“As a well-respected and long-standing provider of education and networking opportunities, PCMA understands the business events industry and the needs of professionals, corporations and destinations,” said Antonio Codinach, PCMA’s regional business director in APAC. 2019 PCMA APAC Annual Conference.

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Plan Your Meetings

DECEMBER 17, 2018

RELATED STORY: From brown to green: Changing the environmental color of your meetings. RELATED STORY: What color is your meeting? 3D projection mapping can transform any event venue and transport event guests to just about any environment. Pantone’s Fall 2018/Winter 2019 Color Palette. 3D projection mapping.

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Canadian Special Events

JANUARY 30, 2018

Meet the future stars of the event industry as they compete for votes by a distinguished panel of judges. This annual student competition for Seneca ‘s Event Design and Management program is one of the most anticipated events of the year. February 21, 2018. Event Rental Group. REGISTER NOW.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

I have a combined deep industry knowledge with experience design and project management, while maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships to elevate customer engagement in my company’s annual conference. My background in architecture has helped with the event design aspects, project management, and balancing budget, scope and quality.

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