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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...

How to Detect a Selfish Leader

It may be the person you see in the mirror—executives often miss the blind spots that let them confuse dominance with collaboration. “I’m a great collaborator—everybody says so.” It’s not hard to detect the flaw in a statement like that. A leader who takes pride in...

Five Tools for Difficult Conversations

Dr. Poornima Luthra is the author of Can I Say That? and The Art of Active Allyship. The world we live in today, characterized by complexity, uncertainty, and change, is also one where rising polarization has made it “really difficult to have conversations at work, at...

What Makes Orlando a Meetings Destination That Keeps Winning

A rendering of the Orange County Convention Center’s Grand Concourse Expansion at the North-South Building. For 11 years and counting, Orlando has been named the No. 1 meetings destination in the U.S. by Cvent — and 2026 makes the case for why. A $560-million...
Is Booking Event Guest Rooms Now a Family Affair?

Is Booking Event Guest Rooms Now a Family Affair?

What do you do when some of your event attendees want to book more than one room in the event hotel block to give their family and even extended family a vacation? PCMA’s Catalyst community offers members a platform to ask each other questions, share ideas, or, as the...

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It’s Time to Harness AI for Event Success

It’s Time to Harness AI for Event Success

Netflix and other streaming services use reactive AI when they make recommendations based on a person’s viewing habits. Using this type of reactive AI at events could allow planners to track attendee sentiments in real time. Events that don’t quickly find their way...

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Why Benchmarking Is Essential for Associations

Why Benchmarking Is Essential for Associations

The need for workers is substantial, and associations can fill the gap—if they do the necessary research on their industry’s needs. COVID-19 may be largely in the rearview mirror for most Americans, but we’re still living with its aftereffects. Consider the U.S....

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AI: Friend or Foe?

AI: Friend or Foe?

By Nicole Bowman, MBA, CEM-AP | Vice President of Marketing & Communications | IAEE Growing up, I heard about IBM Watson over the years, but never really understood what it meant. I saw “Minority Report,” “iRobot” and other movies of the like when I was younger,...

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News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Looking for ways to do your job better — or for the latest trends in the world of work? Here’s a roundup of career-related stories selected by the editors of Convene. How to Set Boundaries at Work, Even If You’re New “In the beginning of your career, you can feel...

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