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How Medical Meetings Can Help A Broken U.S. Healthcare System

PCMA Convene

Johnston has some ideas for how to address that, beginning with the way in which phycisians are trained and receive continuing medical attention. This time on the podcast we meet Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. And these interactive approaches are much more labor intensive.

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Lessons from the Front: Covid-era Med Meetings

Smart Meetings

Planning and planning for weeks on end, getting everything in order—vendors, speaker, planners, F&B, those little odds and ends. I’m in the middle of planning an event for about 80 people. You’ve been here before. You think you’re ready for anything, and you look forward to a well-deserved rest when it’s over.

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Embracing the Digital Opportunity

PCMA Convene

This is likely to be that year for scores of meeting professionals: When Convene surveyed planners in early April, an overwhelming majority — 70 percent — said that they had moved or planned to move some or all of their content to digital platforms. I think they are hard to pull off,” she said. “I Yeona Jang. Learning Curve.

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How Much Should You Spend on Marketing Your Meeting?

PCMA Convene

They value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. Spend in this category doesn’t contribute to the value proposition for attendees.

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5 Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2018

PCMA Convene

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? . And finally, will the wellness trend translate to a more relaxed and personal standard for dress at events?

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What Do You Like Best About Your Job?

PCMA Convene

I love a little bit of everything — the planning, the communication with vendors, speakers and sponsors, the creative aspects, the cyclical nature of the job, and my co-workers. Bringing my vision for an event to completion. Constantly meeting new people. Love working with hospitality people, and seeing a meeting go well.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

The most rewarding aspect of my job is collaborating with a wide variety of professionals to produce the best events possible. My favorite part of my job is being on site at our Annual Meeting. The idea is to create an integrator company that collaborates with other technology companies to meet every event need in the industry.

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