PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

At Convene , we’ve made it a year-end tradition to ask ourselves this question: What’s the one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . In 2018, I expect to see speaker lineups at conferences and conventions feature a range of voices outside the old-school white male CEO mold. From Congrats! AI Gets Real.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

You may not think that you have much in common with Art Basel Miami Beach, the Robin Hood Foundation Gala, Fashion Week, the Sundance Film Festival, the Aspen Ideas Festival — or the other 95 top events that made it to the list — but you can still borrow from their approach in your event design.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 9, 2018

This week we are celebrating the new year and looking forward to 2018 event industry trends. In this episode, our hosts – Brandt Krueger, Alex Plaxen, Tahira Endean & Audrey Gallien are here to talk about what is trending in the event industry in 2018. PS have your seen our guide to 2018 Event Trends ?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2023

This month, we’re hitching a ride to San Antonio, home to the Alamo, stunning natural caverns and an abundance of meeting and exhibition space, including a 1.6 The first phase of the project was completed in 2018 and features installations from prominent local artists spanning murals, ceramic art, tiled benches and historical text and poetry.

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Canadian Special Events

DECEMBER 25, 2018

For EY, the goal was to provide an environment where guests would linger long enough to meet with their team and to show their innovative strengths while giving guests comfort amongst the disruption. See the gorgeous magazine spread on this event with more images in the summer 2018 issue of Canadian Special Events Mag.

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Hubilo Blog

JULY 23, 2018

Event Industry comprises of many people starting with event designers, event managers to event planners, board members of an organisation. Here are a few books that may be quite useful and insightful for event planners. Special Events: A New Generation and the Next Frontier by Joe Jeff Goldblatt.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

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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Quickmobile

OCTOBER 12, 2017

PCMA Spark offers industry talk & discussion about the future of event technology @PCMACW Click To Tweet. The planners in charge, Shawn Cheng and Jenny Stanfield , are beyond excited to see the event come to life—and look forward to what it means for their local PCMA chapter. What Your 2018 Event App Will Look Like.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 21, 2018

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) March 19, 2018. But from where we sit — from a meetings-industry perspective — we like that the guy who keeps reinventing the online marketplace relies on a face-to-face event to move a slice of the high-tech space forward. Meet the women of the @Amazon #MARS2018 retreat.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 24, 2018

I generally have my pre-meeting routine down pat — grab a cup of coffee and then find a seat near, but not too near, the front of the room. But just at the beginning of a two-day workshop on meeting innovation, event designer Bo Krüger stopped me and other workshop participants in our tracks.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. 2018 attendance vs. 2017 attendance (projected) — +3.2

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 28, 2017

My next book The Little Book of Event Crowdsourcing Secrets contains everything you need to know. Learn more, and be informed when it’s published in 2018. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2019

The event has grown to about 2500 attendees and each year MPI is working to raise the bar. They strive to change the way we meet and it’s working! In 2018 MPI’s World Education Congress had a complete overhaul. Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey of Nifty Method Marketing & Events ( @ lindsaythecmp ). Event Design Collective.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 2, 2018

Five winners of PCMA’s Education Foundation’s 2018 Professional Excellence Awards were announced May 2 at 2018 Visionary Awards at the Marriott Marquis, in Washington, D.C. Chosen from a field of 15 outstanding finalists, the Visionary Awards celebrate exceptional individual contributions to the business-events industry. .

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Eventmobi

APRIL 5, 2018

Whether it’s setting detailed timelines, designing app content, or providing strategies to drive event engagement with the app, I’m in constant contact with clients from the very first introductory kickoff meeting to when their event ends. Julius Solaris from Event Manager Blog speaking about event design.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Certified Meetings Experts.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 23, 2018

That’s one takeaway from IACC’s fresh-off-the-press “2018 Meeting Room of the Future Report” that will likely not surprise you. The report covered a number of areas related to event spaces. And venues are increasingly offering internet access free of charge to clients or included as part of a meeting package. .

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Event Industry News

JULY 24, 2019

With the venue itself being quite a blank canvas space, Kit & Caboodle were excited to delve into the event design and fully transform the space. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events. With stunning panoramic views of the city, Landing Forty Two quite literally stood out above the rest. Areas of interest.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 13, 2017

is gearing up to host a slew of citywide conventions and meetings in 2018 that are coming to the capital for the first time. Each event will host 2,500 attendees or more next year. affords meeting organizers access to expert speakers, federal policymakers, and industry sponsors. Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C.,

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2019

People who attend meetings are looking for solutions — to business challenges, to career obstacles, to global problems — and these innovative meetings are providing some of the answers. bizbash.com. Read More.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2018

You’ll also learn how to work better by opting out of meetings and opting into the right workspace. We also have a special treat: learn the origin story of Endless Events straight from our Chief Event Einstein himself. 2018 in Events: Predictions from Experts. Personalization Reigns Supreme in 2018.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | April 2018. Freelance Event Producer | AlliedPRA | Phoenix, AZ.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2019

David Peckinpaugh (right), 2018 chair of the PCMA Foundation, speaks at the 2018 Visionary Awards. To bring event design to life in our face-to-face board meetings and to engage the board in meaningful and strategic dialogue versus “report-outs.” What were your primary goals as chair of the PCMA Foundation?

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She even launched her own events agency DAHLIA+. Tahira Endean : She has been a part of this immense events industry for a little more than 2 decades.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Event Planning Manager | Hyatt | Lahaina, HI.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? Or looking to wrap up 2018 with an exceptional conference? Scouring the internet for event information could be an overwhelming task. 2018 Conferences. This event invites the best and brightest hackers in the ever-expanding Swift community to explore new horizons.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 23, 2018

So why not incorporate some of those photo-ready moments into your events? That’s the argument Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager at Association Management Center, made during the “ Convene Presents: Hottest Food & Beverage Trends for 2018” session at this year’s Convening Leaders. How to create eye-catching moments?

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Fundraising Event Management. Technical Meeting & Event Production. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Meeting & Event Job Openings. Freelance Event Producer | AlliedPRA | Phoenix, AZ. Events | Huntington Beach, CA. Event Producer / Planning Asst. Learn More.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Event Marketer | Kitchen Magic, Inc.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 22, 2018

And how does culture impact meetings? These were a few of the topics during “Multi-Cultural Design Thinking: Custom Touches for Remarkable Events” at Convening Leaders 2018. Posch stressed that the concept of the “cultural iceberg,” — there’s only so much one can glean from the surface when meeting someone.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates. Source: e180.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 8, 2018

Attendees participating in the “Redesigning Event Management for Sustainability” session during the Sustainable Brands 2018 conference. Picture this — several groups of meeting planners, all scrambling to arrange a deck of cards into piles as the clock ticks down. Their challenge? The ‘Aha’ Moment.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 16, 2020

For many event and meeting peeps, tech tools are an essential part of their planning toolkit. Below are several tech tools to help pivot your event and meeting planning in the COVID-19 era. This list isn’t comprehensive—just a small sampling of all the available event management and planning technology!).

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 22, 2019

percent of the event’s waste out of the landfill. This one event wasn’t a fluke—we used this method at multiple events in 2018 and diverted more than 24,000 pounds of event waste from the landfill. So, what are they, you may ask, and how can you apply them at your events? 2) Assess.

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Plan Your Meetings

APRIL 11, 2018

Thursday, April 12, 2018, is Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a dedicated date to focus on and promote the meeting and event industry and enhance your planning skills through free or low-cost professional education (it’s time to get more strategic in your planning). Budget Tips for Meeting Organizers”.

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