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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. What a beautiful thing to do.

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American Institute of Architects Convention Becomes Better by Design

PCMA Convene

The partner in AIA’s reboot was 360 Live Media, a full-service marketing and experience design agency. In truth, AIA had been feeling the pinch from the 2008 recession, and more recently, from booming shows in design and construction like GreenBuild. More Innovative Meetings. Back to the Drawing Board.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department. Blow Up Your F&B.

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