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How Will Europe’s New MedTech Guidelines Affect Your Meetings?

PCMA Convene

ABTS is laying the groundwork to prepare associations, so they don’t encounter massive losses to meetings with high numbers of international medical-technology sponsorships. We are currently working on a process to manage sponsors, who may want to use allowed educational grants. Davide Veglia, ABTS president.

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5 Ways to Integrate Social Media into Your Communication Plan

MeetingsNet

By Kelsey Dixon, davies + dixon. Whether you’re dealing with a small glitch or a major crisis, social media should be an integral part of your strategic communication plan. read more.

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The Night the Lights Went Out in Boston

MeetingsNet

How one association struggled with whether or not to cancel its convention and expo when disaster struck. read more.

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Venues and Destinations, Showcase Your Accessibility Bona Fides

MeetingsNet

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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Venues and Destinations, Show Off Your Accessibility Bona Fides

MeetingsNet

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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