Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Total registration was 66% higher than the 3,300 who signed up to attend PCMA Convening Leaders in Columbus, Ohio , last year where Viola Davis was scheduled to speak (but dropped out days before to attend an awards show). Leonard Hoops, president and CEO of Visit Indy and incoming PCMA Chair, agreed.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 20, 2023

At the recent Convening Leaders 2023 conference, the association for convention and trade-show management delivered advice from experts on pushing beyond one’s comfort zone to try new approaches.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 9, 2020

Conference at Caesars Palace in Last Vegas. Smart Meetings caught up with her in her home office in Hudson, Ohio, this week to ask how event professionals can continue to move forward while sheltering in place. That trade show you have done the same way for the last 15 years? She had some frank—and very instructive—words.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 21, 2021

Remember conferences and events before COVID-19, mask wearing and social distancing? We all know masks help save lives—but here’s the clencher—are you willing to wear your mask the entire conference time? a concert, movie, trade show). Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we? You get the picture. COVID-19 Deaths.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

On the last day of the conference, let them know if they sign up and pay for the next meeting on that day, they will receive a significant discount. Add a trade show. As a former meeting planner who has received Ohio MPI’s Planner of the Year award twice (2006 & 2012), she brings a unique perspective to these blog posts.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 6, 2017

However, since the Nice Attack, there have been similar incidents at Ohio State University as well as in Berlin, Jerusalem, the United Kingdom (Westminster) and Stockholm. Whether it’s a conference, trade show, sporting event, concert, festival or corporate event, anywhere crowds gather can become a target.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Trade Show Operations Manager | Urban Expositions | Trumbull, CT. Meeting and Events Coordinator | CWT Meetings & Events | Ohio, IL. Conference & Technical Event Producer | Precon Events | Rockville, MD. New York City, NY.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Trade Show Operations Manager | Urban Expositions | Trumbull, CT. Meeting and Events Coordinator | CWT Meetings & Events | Ohio, IL. Senior Shows Administrator | National Marine Manufacturer’s Association | New York, NY.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

It seems like you wanted to explore personal passions or interests or hobbies, as opposed to going to a professional conference or a giant commercial trade show. I found that repeatedly the case at these various conventions I went to, at all different kinds of venues.”. Yes, that’s true.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Trade Show & Events Coordinator | B&R | Roswell, GA. Conference Producer | UBM | Remote, OR. German Speaking Project Manager (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events) | Dublin, Ireland. Connecticut. Atlanta, GA. Jersey, GA.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

At Convening Leaders 2023 in Columbus, Ohio, I moderated a Convene Live panel conversation, “How Event Models Can Transform Traditional Business Models,” with three event professionals who shared how they have successfully incorporated digital strategies in their events portfolio. It doesn’t need to be a multi-day, huge virtual conference.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Nominated by Debbie DesRoches, Director of Trade Show, SnowSports Industries America — “Debbie is a true professional, and we have been so lucky to work with her since our event moved to Denver in 2010. Nominated by Debbie DesRoches, Director of Trade Show, SnowSports Industries America — “Working with Annie is a pleasure.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. And the Twittersphere erupted in fury and demanded change after a speaker shared how she was denied entry to a conference because she arrived with her still-breastfeeding baby. Barbara Palmer. I’m curious how the events industry will respond to this challenge. Curt Wagner.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. And the Twittersphere erupted in fury and demanded change after a speaker shared how she was denied entry to a conference because she arrived with her still-breastfeeding baby. Barbara Palmer. I’m curious how the events industry will respond to this challenge.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

They are known for planning epic events, creating amazing exhibits and organize engaging trade shows. From live event production to trade show exhibits, they transform and elevate their clients’ brands. Notable clients: AEP Ohio, Mattress Recycling Council, Nationwide, OhioHealth, Piada Italian Street Food.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 12, 2016

. “It’s estimated that there are about 50,000 people coming in officially related to the convention,” said David Gilbert, president of the non-partisan 2016 Cleveland Host Committee, an Ohio nonprofit corporation founded to manage the process of bringing the RNC to town.

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Plan Your Meetings

APRIL 10, 2017

The image of meeting attendees crossing a trade show floor with rifles strapped to their backs is a scene reminiscent of the Gunfight at the O.K. Ohio law allows firearms to be brought into the convention venue, and the Republican Party supports gun rights. They may view guns as inherently threatening to some.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 1, 2017

When a convention, trade show, or conference is analyzed in one destination, the value must be comparable with another destination.”. “The Cleveland RNC is a great example of why it’s so important for the industry to have a set of the same definitions across destinations,” Sacks said. Earn one clock hour of certification credit.

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