PCMA Convene

AUGUST 28, 2020

How do you ensure your event adheres to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for gatherings? The hybrid event drew 600 attendees, 450 in person and 150 online. On the first day of the NCBA event, attendees received a text from 42chat with a link to a three-question symptom survey. Photos courtesy NCBA).

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Unique Venues

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In this region, the University of Illinois Conferences & Special Events is home to a 1,400-acre campus with high-tech classroom spaces, lounges, and overnight accommodations for up to 1,800 people and a dedicated event staff to help plan it all. Missouri State University. Champaign, IL. Purdue University.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Witt, who is a partner and board member at jwc, a Germany-based management consultancy firm specializing in the trade fair and conference business, emphasized during the all-virtual Web Summit session that while conference after conference has migrated online during COVID-19, the nature of trade shows has made digitization a trickier proposition. “We

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 16, 2019

The Freeman Company sold its Encore Event Technologies unit to national event production company PSAV while its Freeman brand experience division is focusing on a problem many planners and companies have struggled with—event data analysis. Data Design , a team that grants event planners insight on how to drive growth.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 4, 2018

Hilton Chicago Classic now meets cool as this historic 1,544-room property on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park completes the last bit of an all-encompassing $150 million renovation—transformation of third-floor meeting space, with seven meeting rooms suited for small meetings to medium-sized conferences for up to 850 attendees.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, however, the region’s flourishing startup culture was a story that needed telling, which is why, in 2008, they founded an online publication called Silicon Prairie News (SPN) — taking its name from a tech-friendly area that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. The format was a success.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. Some of them are focused soley on events, others are full-service agencies.

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