SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

They had purchased a Canadian company in Vancouver, British Columbia, and asked me to plan a boat cruise where employees could meet and network. What I love about my job: Leading the strategic vision of how event technology can disrupt the meetings industry. Company or organization: Meeting Achievements in Valparaiso, Indiana.

2017 57

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The reinvented meeting included trips to the New School, Radio City Music Hall, and St. By all accounts, the 17,000 or so annual attendees were enjoying it just fine — as they had for more than 150 years, when the then newly formed association wrote annual meetings right into its bylaws. More Innovative Meetings.

2013 40

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

They had purchased a Canadian company in Vancouver, British Columbia, and asked me to plan a boat cruise where employees could meet and network. What I love about my job: Leading the strategic vision of how event technology can disrupt the meetings industry. Company or organization: Meeting Achievements in Valparaiso, Indiana.

2017 40

2017 Sports Medical Meetings Hotels 40

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

FACE TO FACE “We have built a great deal of what I would call coffee time into the meeting,” Gold said. This year’s keynoters included Christine Moutier, M.D., We try to be, the best way to put it is, somewhat disruptive. We don’t just bring people from within the industry of academic medicine. It’s more the interaction where there’s power.

Conference 40

Conference 2017 2016 Technology 40

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When Conde Nast Traveler released its latest list of The Best Big Cities in the United States, it could have just as easily been writing about The Best Meeting Cities in the United States. By scouring our online and print archives, I’ve compiled news that planners can use to host events in some of our favorite and best meeting cities.

Meetings 40

Meetings 2015 Travel Tourism 40

PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

At Convene , we’ve made it a year-end tradition to ask ourselves this question: What’s the one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . Consider the recent efforts to diversify two of the biggest entertainment events — the Oscars and the Grammys.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

How does that play out at meetings — and what can you do to minimize it? It was the officially hired entertainment. Statistics like these raise a question that the meetings industry must answer: If unconscious biases are hurting employees in offices, what are they doing to attendees at conferences and events? This wasn’t a joke.

Meetings 56

Meetings Social Media Conference 2016 56

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2023

Rules, regulations and innovations in the design of medical meetings In 2019, Radiological Society of North America drew 51,800 people to McCormick Place in Chicago. An estimated 25,000 were medical professional attendees from 116 countries. Costs for everything else must fall under the category of “fair and reasonable.” “You

Medical Meetings 71

Medical Meetings Food and Beverage Education Technology 71

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

may be spilling into the events industry, including attendance to medical meetings. From the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda to new medical meeting regulations, a number of issues are being blamed for keeping international doctors from attending medical meetings in the United States.

Medical Meetings 76

Medical Meetings Meetings Travel Hotels 76

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

2017 69

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With outdoor dining and entertainment space Avenida Houston, major convention center renovations and hotel openings, Houston did its best to prepare to handle the influx of travelers. Select entertainment wisely. Though some continue to speculate, most were impressed and entertained by the halftime show.

Entertainment 40

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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