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In-depth Wedding Statistics and Trends for 2024

Nunify

62% of couples create a website for their wedding to include key details such as the wedding date, venue, dress code, RSVP information, registry links, engagement photos and more., Furthermore, 36% are thinking about integrating AI, making 54% open to or already utilizing it , while 46% are unlikely to do so.

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Helpful Technology for the Organized Traveler

SmartMeetings

Here are a few of my favorite tech tools for making travel and organization easier. Show files can be easily shared either digitally or via USB with the appropriate techs. With the right tools and apps, you can streamline everything from packing to itinerary planning, PowerPoint and video to navigating foreign lands.

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

PCMA Convene

The event featured speakers representing each of the five venues presenting live on location, with NCBMP president Marlinda A. 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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Earthquake Safety: Drop, Cover and Hold On

SmartMeetings

Wherever you are hosting your next meeting, checking with the venue ahead of time for earthquake preparedness needs to be on your safety list. The Midwest has also seen heightened quake activity in recent years, and places like Tennessee, Kansas and Utah all have cities in possible danger from future quakes. Earthquakes as strong as 4.7

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Best in Show 2016

PCMA Convene

Whereas we originally created Best in Show to honor some of the most innovative and acclaimed things in the meetings and conventions industry — venues, technology platforms, CSR programs, destination videos, etc. Lindsay managed our event on the venue side as a true partner to our independent event-planning company. AV / TECH SUPPORT.

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Mother of Invention: Rethinking Business Events in Light of COVID-19

PCMA Convene

Earn one clock hour of certification credit by visiting Convene’s CMP Series page to answer questions about information contained in the articles listed below and the Harvard Business Review article, “ Tech Should Enable Change, Not Drive It ”. Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum. ReThinking Creativity. Michelle Russell.

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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.