Equip yourself with media best practices, tactics and strategies at this one-day media training led by public relations experts. The day-long session will include the skills and techniques to handle difficult questions and scenarios from the media or other audiences, guidance on interview “do’s and don’ts, how to handle yourself in press conferences as well as various…
As a meetings professional, you need to set aside time for strategic thinking to ensure that your organization’s events remain relevant to attendees and a valuable tool for member engagement. This informative one-day course reviews key principles of strategic thinking and examines how to apply them in your work planning face-to-face meetings.
Hybrid meetings can be very different experiences for different delegates. Face-to-face attendees discuss topics in session rooms, virtual ones online via chat forums. The two can remain very separate. But at a recent meeting, the American Academy of Ophthalmology debuted a new virtual-meeting ambassador program to create stronger interaction between the different worlds. From PCMA Convene…
After three strikes at at travel ban, the call to end DACA, and a proposed wall on the US / Mexico border, how seriously has America’s global image as a welcoming destination been damaged? Recent research suggests it is tarnished, with one CEO also now claiming the US’s loss may be Canada’s gain. From PCMA…
The Bottom Line is designed for non-financially-oriented individuals, employees with new budgeting responsibilities, or people who are just looking to broaden their scope of knowledge. You will start the day by learning or reviewing the basics of financial information and going over key terms and concepts so that the next time someone is talking about…
Exceptional Boards is an intensive two-day workshop for CEOs and their elected officers to explore strategies for strengthening their working relationship and enhancing the board’s performance. Designed specifically for leadership teams, it provides an engaging learning environment where CEOs and elected leaders together will gain insight and resources to improve board effectiveness and create a…
The Symposium for Chief Executive and Chief Elected Officers provides a unique opportunity for you and your volunteer leader to maximize the leadership partnership. Explore how you can best work together to effectively carry out your association’s mission and enhance future success.
For those who are new to the profession or have less than five years experience in the field, Association Management Week is composed of five one-day programs designed to build a strong understanding of the fundamentals and core functions of association management: Essential Practices in Association Management; Membership Development; Effectively Managing Volunteer Committees & Task Forces; Communication and Public…
ASAE’s Technology Conference & Expo is tailored to the needs of an ever-increasingly technology driven community. CIOs, CEOs, technology professionals, and other professionals with roles or interest in digital and mobile solutions can all find the education, solutions, and connections they’re looking for.
With the majority of all U.S. businesses (84%) now using non-cash awards and the majority of top performing businesses (those with the highest revenue growth, customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction) saying their executives support their non-cash recognition and reward programs as a competitive advantage, the eminent need to understand how to create effective programs becomes…
After the New York City terror attack in which eight people died and eleven were injured, NYC & Company President and CEO Fred Dixon expressed the tourism organisation’s deepest sympathy for the victims. He said it was “thankful and reassured by the swift actions of the NYPD and first responders”. Photo: Gh9449. From Meetings & Conventions…
How has trade-show security changed over recent years, and what now goes operationally into keeping exhibitors and visitors at an event safe under the current threat landscape? One of the top five global car exhibitions, the LA Auto Show, lifts the bonnet and reveals just how safety is currently engineered. From PCMA…
Organizations and individuals miss critical opportunities to connect with their elusive audiences in powerful and profitable ways because they lack the ability to tell compelling stories. Former sales VP and award-winning storyteller Kindra Hall will share her wisdom on how to harness and sharpen this essential skill for success in a connected economy. Using Kindra’s…
It’s not proving third time lucky for Trump’s Travel Ban III. As with his previous attempts to bar people from certain mainly Muslim nations from entering the United States, 3.0 has run into immediate challenges. Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked it just before it was due to take effect. From Meetings & Conventions…
Over $80 million of public benefits, including affordable housing, cycling, pedestrian and road projects, have been agreed by the Washington State Convention Center as part of its planned $1.6 billion expansion in downtown Seattle. The agreement with a group called the Community Package Coalition will include $29 million of funding for affordable housing. From The Seattle Times…
IMEX chairman Ray Bloom hailed this year’s IMEX America a positive, unifying week for the industry at its closing. More than 12,000 exhibitors, hosted buyers and attendees came to Las Vegas, with the Tuesday and Wednesday of the show the busiest days ever in its history. More than 70,000 appointments were made. From Meetpie.com…
The seventh IMEX America opened at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas with a strong show of support for the city after the tragic mass shooting there. Attendees in the Sands Showroom heard meetings industry and city leaders discussing #VegasStrong, the campaign the city created after the tragedy. From Meetings & Conventions…
Kevin Hinton, CEO of the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence, has announced he will be leaving the role in January. He said it was time “to step away and close out my work over the past four and a half years so that I can explore my next professional chapter”. From Meetings & Conventions…
Chantal Sturk-Nadeau is the new head of Business Events Canada, the organisation responsible for meetings industry promotion in the country. During a recent trip to Europe, she shared her vision. BEC has identified seven priority business sectors where Canada holds a competitive advantage and is internationally recognized as a centre of excellence. From Boardroom…
Marriott has recently taken flak for hosting a convention of ACT America, which calls itself a ‘grassroots national security organisation’ but which has also been dubbed America’s ‘largest anti-Muslim hate group’. Marriott lists diversity and inclusion among its core values. ACT America has its own anti-violence, anti-discrimination policy. From the editor’s blog at Association Meetings International…
The Bellagio fountains continue to spray. Showgirls again take money off visitors. Music and magic spectaculars have reopened their doors. Amid makeshift memorials and a large police presence, Tim Dahlberg describes a struggle for normality after the unthinkable, in a city built on both business and leisure tourism. Photo: C. Mendoza. From Meetings & Conventions…
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