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How to Score Those Sweet Paid Speaking Gigs Like a Boss

Are you tired of talking to your cat about your passion for public speaking? Do you dream of standing in front of a crowd, captivating them with your words, and getting paid big bucks for it? Well, my friend, you're in luck. In this article, I'm going to show you how...

What’s Next for Our Industry in Washington? A Conversation with ECA’s Tommy Goodwin

By Mary Tucker | Senior Communications and Content Manager | IAEE The Fourth of July may mark the end of fireworks season for most Americans, but the political sparks are just getting started for the exhibitions and events industry. As the United States celebrates its...

Inside a Revamped Poster-Session System

A lot of research was shared at an anesthesiologists’ conference. Technology helped ensure it reached the people it needed to. Last year’s conference of the Annual Society of Anesthesiology was a big one: more than 12,000 attendees, with around 2,000 poster...

Jon Watson | PCMA Member Spotlight

Get to know PCMA Member Jon Watson, Sr. National Sales Manager, Visit Detroit. What initially led you to becoming involved with PCMA? PCMA has long been a cornerstone of the business events industry. I was first introduced to the organization while attending Capital...
A Look Inside Convening EMEA 2025

A Look Inside Convening EMEA 2025

Rotterdam is the setting for Convening EMEA 2025. Convening EMEA brings together the business events industry throughout Europe and the Middle East to accelerate learning and growth. Building on the success of Convening EMEA 2024, which united over 600 business event...

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How to Make Meetings Matter More

Association events don’t always create the sense of belonging they promise. A pair of experts suggest some fixes.  Perhaps more than any one product and service an association provides, meetings are the industry’s proof of concept. If “belonging” is the main reason...

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How to Make Meetings Matter More

How to Make Meetings Matter More

Association events don’t always create the sense of belonging they promise. A pair of experts suggest some fixes.  Perhaps more than any one product and service an association provides, meetings are the industry’s proof of concept. If “belonging” is the main reason...

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CEM Spotlight on Stephanie Willes, CEM

Stephanie Willes, CEM has been planning events on some level for more than six years and is also the owner of Kairos Events & Logistics, LLC. As the Deputy Director of the International Conference on Machine Learning and Logistics Specialist of NeurIPS, she works...

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Limiting Situations

Limiting Situations

Attendees at the latest Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin moving between stages outdoors had to pass through a passageway lined by fences that kept a messy construction area out of view. One data point from this year’s Salary Survey that we didn’t explore...

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