Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light, an ongoing series of looks behind the scenes at how events are being produced today, we asked Paula Mettler Marketing and communications manager with Leo Events to share a look at a recent production for a major retailer. Read More : How Leo Events Nails Immersion.

2022 98

2022 Retail Association Meetings Social Media 98

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Need validation that the business of planning events can be nerve-wracking? Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita?

2017 75

2017 Education 2016 Corporate Meetings 75

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Need validation that the business of planning events can be nerve-wracking? Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita?

2017 74

2017 Education 2016 Corporate Meetings 74

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

And if you s tack Convene ’s 2016 Annual Salary Survey results against average meeting planner salaries on online career sites, you’ll find our survey respondents, on average, are in a better place, compensation-wise. According to our survey results this year, the overall average salary for meeting professionals is $80,505.

2016 75

2016 2015 2014 Education 75

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Remarkably, some metrics in 15 key areas have held steady during the past decade — for example, meetings and conventions have consistently contributed to around one-third of their organizations’ total annual revenues — regardless of the economy. 28 percent expect to plan more meetings in 2017; only 3 percent expect to plan fewer meetings.

2015 40

2015 Meetings Marketing 2016 40