Conferences that Work

JUNE 14, 2021

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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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

“We knew if we were going to do this right, we could not do it internally,” said Tammy Routh, senior vice president for global sales at Marriott International, who introduced a session at Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh last month, where the results of the report, “The Future of Meetings and Events,” was released. Kelsey Ann Rose).

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

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 Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In New York City, where the already massive Javits Center is expanding, a recently installed broadcast studio also is on a big scale: It accommodates up to 300 socially distanced attendees. In Washington, D.C.,

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

I was born and raised in New York City. More Meeting Trends. What the ‘Sense of Place’ Travel Trend Means for Event Design. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design. Download “The Future of Meetings and Events” report. (Ben Petchel). Amy Blackman is a coastal snob. “I

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

It will be led by consultant Donna Kastner, an entrepreneur and expert on meetings design, and Jamie Murdock, vice president of sales at Experient, who have both facilitated successful hackathons at the Education Conference over the previous two years. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon. Jacob Slaton).

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

Fairweather is an innovation consultant for Fahrenheit 212, the New York City–based global consultancy firm that created the report, and Blackman was one of the study’s thought-leader contributors. The design of the hotel’s meeting space, The Apartment, also mixes playfulness and purpose. More Meeting Trends.

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