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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

Part of SPN’s model involved live events, as well as the idea for a seminal annual conference that would connect Midwest entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and each other. “[SPN] SPN] was like, ‘What better way to [tell the story] than a conference? This year’s conference was held at KANEKO on May 4–6.

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When Conferences Lie

PCMA Convene

Is there a solution for putting an end to fake and predatory conferences? Sounds like traditional association conferences’ calls for subject matter experts. But it’s also how fake and predatory events reach out to students, academics, and professionals across a swath of industries. Fake meetings are not fake news,” he writes.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Nichols’ pioneering writing in the field — she edited the first version of Professional Meeting Management , published in 1985 — turned her into a teacher, she said. PCMA staffer John Oliver was the first editor.)

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