Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

As you might imagine when working in the arena of live experiences for a living, event professionals run into all sorts of opportunities to Creative Problem Solve. Ask yourself, does it meet all of your criteria? A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

As you might imagine when working in the arena of live experiences for a living, event professionals run into all sorts of opportunities to Creative Problem Solve. Ask yourself, does it meet all of your criteria? A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 28, 2020

With representation from across the many sectors and regions of the global events ecosystem, the task force provides a voice in planning, preparing and participating in our recovery and our future as well as helping to amplify our story of economic and social impact as advocates for our industry.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 20, 2016

The first-ever ASM Microbe program — the American Society for Microbiology’s grand experiment in combining its General Meeting and Interscience Conference on Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) into one new annual conference — wraps today. Look for my article about that in our September issue.).

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2018

After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES. A New View.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 14, 2022

As industry roles shifted, we launched 4 new Certificate Courses : Pandemic On-Site Protocol , Hybrid & Virtual Event Director , Advanced Event Design & Strategy , and a CMP Exam Prep Course. We had 4,239 event professionals register for our courses , 3,667 of which passed their exams to earn digital credentials.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s going to get out there, so it might as well be out there in a good way.” — Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager, Association Management Center. Sometimes we forget when our job is to solve a problem — not to be creative.” — Dave Owens, professor for the practice of management and innovation, Vanderbilt University. .”

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Decibel Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While hotels and conference center spaces are always a solid option, this could be the year to explore venue space that’s a little bit more off the beaten path. Whether you go the traditional hotel/conference center route or opt for something a little more untraditional, act fast. Step Two: To Theme or Not To Theme?

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

Imagine walking into a major international medical meeting and finding your afternoon session transformed into an intellectual, public-health version of a murder-mystery dinner party. They’re two different types of audience, and you have to design it for both.”. million deaths a year. Richardson said. If not, could it be made to be?”.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 29, 2020

World-renown conference speakers, Heather Mason and Ed Salvato have had active roles in the events industry for years, participating and speaking at face-to-face meetings in the past as well as attending and presenting in the current online modality. Examine crowd-source best practices for approaching COVID-era meeting planning.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

And the alternative venues offered by the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau didn’t meet MPI’s needs. It was serendipitous,” said Michael Massari, senior vice president of meetings and events for Caesars Entertainment. But the biggest news seemed to be that Atlantic City has arrived as a meetings destination.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce leaders share insights on planning meetings during a pandemic. The living document will be updated as the situation changes and everyone learns more about how to support a vibrant live-events industry. Preparing for a Return to Meeting. For highlights, read on. Michael Dominguez.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

But what recourse do conference organizers have when discriminatory legislation is passed in a future host city that is already on the books? It’s a dilemma: Pulling an event has economic implications for both the host organization and the host city, and money isn’t the only thing at stake. We support civil liberties.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2016

For Michael Massari, senior vice president of meetings and events at Caesars Entertainment, creating a backup plan became increasingly tricky in the days leading up to MPI’s World Education Congress in Atlantic City on June 11–14. And because one of Atlantic City’s strongest assets is its beach, rain could be a major killjoy.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

With the understanding that any speculation is of limited use, we nonetheless asked a group of EU-based meeting professionals to consider what this could mean for the international meetings business: Ben Hainsworth, executive director of K.I.T. What could the Brexit mean for international meetings and business events?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

With the understanding that any speculation is of limited use, we nonetheless asked a group of EU-based meeting professionals to consider what this could mean for the international meetings business: Ben Hainsworth, executive director of K.I.T. What could the Brexit mean for international meetings and business events?

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Plan Your Meetings

APRIL 10, 2017

That may not be the greeting many meeting attendees expect to hear. Meeting professionals should recognize that guns at meetings are not a problem for everyone. The increasing presence of firearms is also an area of concern for many meeting planners. “Welcome to the convention! Please check your firearms.”

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2018

A catalyst for creating meaningful business connections, the 2018 PCMA-ICESAP Annual Conference delivers both an effective networking and educational experience to empower participants to elevate their performance, strengthen their community and make each moment count at their next event.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 18, 2016

Last Tuesday, the Cleveland Police Department and the Secret Service held a press conference at the downtown Multi-Agency Communications Center (MACC) during which they went into some detail on convention security. In the months leading up to the convention, locals were briefed on security measures at several town-hall-style meetings.

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