PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

At some associations, board meetings are the least-stressful events to plan, with far fewer logistics for business events organizers to wrangle than conventions, conferences, and trade shows. Usually at a particular point, Charlie Oppler, NAR’s 2021 president, would say, “Okay. There was a very choreographed system.

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Meetings Government Conference Management 98

The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. For the 2021 edition, the ShipCon organisers decided to spread the two-day event into a two-week online conference, incorporating gaming elements. The idea: One trade fair, unfair rules, one contract, one winner takes all.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

Decisions like Shoptalk’s plan to feature an all-female speaker lineup in 2020 , before shifting to 50/50 male-female speaker parity in 2021, are not without controversy. Thanks to activist event organizers and attendees — with an assist from social media — expect more such moves ahead. Some felt that was a step too far.

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