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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. The solution?

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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

Smart Meetings

During this webinar, Ludwig shows the many advancements meeting professionals may come into contact with in the near and distant future, such as second-floor public transport, futuristic venues and self-driving luggage. Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings. Post-Pandemic Clauses You Need to Know.

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Meeting-Negotiation Essentials: F&B, AV, and More

MeetingsNet

A recent survey of more than 200 business-event planners by Global DMC Partners found that their top five challenges this year are adapting to higher costs; finding availability; budget management; timely approval from internal decisionmakers; and contract negotiations. Sound familiar?

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What Do You Like Best About Your Job?

PCMA Convene

Marketing, budgeting, problem-solving, traveling. Medical meeting industry is challenging! Meeting attendees that we have gotten to know over the years. Learning about market trends and trends specific to the meetings I plan. Negotiating contracts. Making relationships with speakers and clients.

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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.

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