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Why our meetings are still full of lectures

Conferences that Work

Why are our meetings still full of lectures? Well, listen to and consider this June 11, 2021 quote from New York City Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams : [link]. With new technology of remote learning, you don’t need school children to be in a school building with a number of teachers. It’s just the opposite.

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5 Trends That Are Changing Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

Kate Fairweather (right) and Amy Blackman present results from “The Future of Meetings and Events” report at Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh. Marriott and the PCMA Foundation worked with New York City–based global consultancy firm Fahrenheit 212, where Kate Fairweather works as an innovation consultant.

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Get Ready for the Future of Events at ELI’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit

Event Leadership Institute

In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like we’ve reached a turning point as major destinations like New York City announced plans to fully reopen by the summer and the vaccine rollout continues. So where does that leave you?

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

Convene ’s own look at the attitudes toward homelessness in the meetings industry show that a number of meeting professionals are bucking that trend: Thirty-five percent of those who responded to a survey last August reported they had organized CSR activities to benefit homelessness in the destinations where they hold meetings.

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How Hybrid Is Taking Center Stage in Convention Centers

PCMA Convene

A new broadcast studio at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore is hologram-ready and equipped with broadcast-quality livestreaming. In most cases, these aren’t bland, cookie-cutter facilities, but designed as spaces that reflect their destinations. Working with Smart City Networks and PSAV, Explore St. Explore St.

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Thrival Festival Integrates Pittsburgh Locale into Event

PCMA Convene

I was born and raised in New York City. Blackman’s experience in Pittsburgh came up — a lot — when she met with the multidisciplinary panel assembled to talk about future trends for the “The Future of Meetings and Events” report, she said. “We More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design.

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Bringing a ‘Sense of Place’ to Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

What she hadn’t expected, she told Convene , was that so many of the people looking for that kind of connection to the city and its surroundings would be business travelers. The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said.