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Responding Together to the Climate Crisis Challenge

PCMA Convene

Destinations where temperatures are reaching dangerous highs or that sit in the path of more frequent, more ferocious storms face additional risks to their economies — the danger is that their appeal will wane among event organizers who are placing greater weight on weather considerations in site selection.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

A 2010 survey of 1,500 global human resources professionals by the HR Certification Institute found that both professionals and employers saw value in third parties verifying individual skill sets—if it is the right third party. Is that a sign that event management has moved beyond logistics?

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Best in Show: Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

Nominated by Debbie DesRoches, Director of Trade Show, SnowSports Industries America — “Debbie is a true professional, and we have been so lucky to work with her since our event moved to Denver in 2010. I think he goes above and beyond the typical site-selection provider’s role. She is the best.”.

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Travel bans hurt meetings & progress

Plan Your Meetings

In January 2010, President Barack Obama officially ended the U.S. The ban on most HIV-infected persons entering the U.S. was reinforced in 1993 when President Bill Clinton approved the disease’s inclusion on the revised list of “dangerous and contagious diseases.” immigration ban on persons with HIV and it was announced that Washington, D.C.,

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