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National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals’ Virtual Event Uplifts Spirits During Pandemic

PCMA Convene

Henry, president of NCBMP, speak during a session of NCBMP’s Be Inspired Speaker Series: A Night at the Museum. The result was a five-night virtual event that was open to the public — NCBMP’s Be Inspired Speaker Series: A Night at the Museum, which took place May 18–22. Henry and vice president Nicholas I. Putting It Together.

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The Challenge of Virtualizing Trade Shows and Exhibit Halls

PCMA Convene

“We need to make sure that we don’t simply transfer what we believe the physical event” to be, Witt said, “into a digital world.” Research conducted by Freeman indicates that 69 percent of exhibitors rate virtual events as only fair or poor, Parul Shah, Freeman’s vice president of data insights, told Convene. “On Parul Shah.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

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.