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An Association’s Move Into Mobile Learning
The International Carwash Association supports a booming industry. So it needed a way to get a growing and busy workforce up to speed fast. In recent years, the International Carwash Association (ICA), has entered “good problem to have” territory. The growth of...
Jaden DiMeo
PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties program honors exceptional young leaders in the business events industry. Class of 2026 member Jaden DiMeo, event coordinator at Events DC, wants to expand the reach of hybrid events. Subscribe to Convene. Want deep-dive insights on events...
Scaling Dignity
NLC’s Clarence Anthony (left), moderated a conversation between Gov. Spencer Cox and Gov. Lujan Grisham, who talked about — and demonstrated — how to engage in a healthy debate with respect. While “Creating Opportunity in Uncertainty” was the stated theme of the...
Setting the Tone for Civility
The National League of Cities has ‘an expectation around behavior, including how they are with one another’ that has positively influenced its meetings culture. One way to establish a civil environment at events is by publishing a code of conduct that goes beyond...
Happy Anniversary to Us!
Convene launched a year-long celebration of 40 years of covering the business events industry at CL 2026 in Philadelphia. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of Convene, which began as PCMA’s 32-page quarterly journal in 1986, and in a very real sense,...
‘Disagree With Ideas, Don’t Dehumanize People’
Timothy Shriver asked participants to consider the importance of how people treat each other at last fall’s National League of Cities Summit. Timothy Shriver, son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver, has had a variety of roles — disability rights activist,...
