PCMA Convene

AUGUST 20, 2024

In the July-August Convene issue, editors asked event professionals from around the world to share their sacred cows — those event practices or traditions that they think are out-of-date and need to be overhauled or replaced — and their solutions. Expo Halls “The waste is a real issue when it comes to traditional trade shows.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Read on to find out why we expect more diversity in business-event speakers, why we think relationships will be key to improved event security, and why we are following the rise of artificial intelligence and cognitive-enhancing drugs. Diversifying the Stage. David McMillin, Editor . David McMillin, Editor . From Congrats!

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The visual dashboard was a PCMA sponsorship activation of Freeman’s Quant tool, a platform intended to provide real-time data and analysis for events professionals. While he acknowledged that the Convening Leaders audience is a niche audience of event professionals at an event, other industries will prove to be easier to compare.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 29, 2021

The ASH Virtual Booth was open for business throughout the event. Reed, FASAE, CMP, ASH’s chief event strategy officer. Reed started his career in hotel sales, and that background, he said, has enabled him to look at the revenue component of ASH’s events through a different lens. How did ASH meet its sponsors’ objectives?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2016

Bizzabo recently published a list of the top 60 event professionals to follow on Twitter based on their event coverage and overall digital presence—and we’re happy to see that lots of familiar faces within the Smart Meetings family made the list. Jouaneh, is a meetings expert who regularly contributes to Smart Meetings news.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

While some trade shows in the meetings industry are cool about including third-party planners, other organizations, from convention and visitors bureaus to our own Smart Meeting Events , prefer to recruit corporate planners who are often favored by suppliers looking to sign contracts for future events.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 18, 2025

As event professionals, we know we are gifted in serving others and making incredible, unforgettable moments a reality. Read More : Refract Seattle: The Power of Connecting Events to Local Community We need to come together and celebrate the uniqueness of those around us. But when we are unapologetically ourselves, magic happens.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The annual conference was a good solid performer, but a pretty conventional show — mostly male, mostly white, mostly older, with many exclusive events,” said Kathron Compton, AIA’s senior vice president for brand and engagement. “It Within the structure of any event, there are four dimensions, according to Neal. Compton said.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average, 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

I’m addicted to Yelp — all of us around the table were obsessed with it,” said Erin Lee, managing director of marketing and event technology for BIO, which represents biotech companies, academic institutions, state biotech centers, and related organizations in the United States and more than 30 other countries. .

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2024

My point in writing about that was to underscore the significant role events play in disseminating helpful knowledge — often in the category of breakthrough information — among their audiences and the larger universe. One of those prongs is events. Exhibitors pay for the space to promote their products.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Integration is a hot term that won’t be dying down anytime soon in the event industry when it comes to attendee engagement. As more and more attendees rely on their mobile devices at events for information and communications, event organizers have been compelled to integrate the live event experience with the online experience.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

and a specialist in the future of medicine, Bertalan Meskó has attended hundreds of conferences and events devoted to medicine and health care. But most events were chock full of boring speeches delivered in front of bullet-point-filled PowerPoints, sounding and feeling the same as talks 20 years ago.”. . & HLTH AND WELLNESS.

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