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Convincing Stakeholders to Hold Live or Hybrid Events is Planners’ Top Concern

PCMA Convene

Here is what they said: Convincing stakeholders to hold live or hybrid meetings (63 percent). Contract negotiations/liability/waivers (43 percent). based planner concerns for moving forward with events were (highest to lowest): fear in general, lower attendance, travel restrictions, and negotiating contract terms.

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Time to Rebrand Third-Party Planners

SmartMeetings

Donna Hunt, CEO and managing director for HMS Meeting Services (left), and Yashema Mack. Rebranding is a natural part of the hospitality industry , so much so that we don’t even blink when properties change names or flags. Hotels do it all the time. I believe it’s time to do the same for third-party planners.

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What Do You Like Best About Your Job?

PCMA Convene

Less so the contracting, but more the sharing of ideas to make something work effectively in their space. Constantly meeting new people. Love working with hospitality people, and seeing a meeting go well. Medical meeting industry is challenging! Meeting attendees that we have gotten to know over the years.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

I love the aspect of having the opportunity to meet new people every day, and of course, being hospitable and welcoming newcomers into the city I grew up in and love so much! What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Senior Meetings Planner National Contract Management Association Ashburn, Virginia, USA.

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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. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department.

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