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4 Simple Questions to Design Emotion Into Events
In a world overflowing with noise and endless options, an event that strikes an emotional chord stands out. I’ve always been interested in how emotion can spur someone to action — how the exact right words can inspire someone to make a change to their life, how...
The Case for a Meeting Critic
A group of business scholars propose a “critical reviewer” to keep meetings on point. Done right, the role can keep meetings on point—and strengthen your culture. Every organization, for better or for worse, has a culture. Boards define themselves by how they...
Expert Tips for Better Virtual Communication
Context is everything when communicating virtually, says communication expert Andrew Brodsky. Humans have been interacting with each other in person for 100,000 years, points out Andrew Brodsky, author of the newly released Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual...
How the Struggle to Preserve Black History is Repeating Itself
The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now ASALH) 20th anniversary planning committee in 1936. (Courtesy Chicago Public Library.) For the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) — established 110 years ago by Carter G....
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where. Stacey Church The Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) in Atlanta appointed Stacey Church as its new COO, effective February 10. She joins the authority’s leadership team from Dallas Fair Park,...
Halee Grimsdale
PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties program honors exceptional young leaders in the business events industry. Class of 2025 member Halee Grimsdale, experience coordinator for e=mc2 events, would like to see the events industry shift from a “take-make-dispose” model to one...
