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Seeking Responses: PCMA EMEA & EMA Annual Engagement Survey 2025

From PCMA: The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete, we appreciate your time and insights to better meet your needs. Please do forward the survey to your colleagues and peers as only together we can make a difference. Contribute to have the chance of winning a Convening EMEA 2025 registration or PCMA EMEA or…

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24 February 2025

Enhancing Events with AI Certificate, Online

The Enhancing Events with AI certificate course is a tailor-made program for all event organizers who want to bring the power (and magic) of artificial intelligence (AI) into their work. This course goes beyond helping you understand AI. We’ll take you behind the scenes, revealing how to use the most practical AI platforms. These new…

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18 February 2025

Event DEI Strategist Certificate, Online

As an event organizer, prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) often means bringing groups of attendees, speakers, and suppliers together from different backgrounds, identities, and experiences. But there is still work to be done when it comes to activating allies both internally and externally. This work includes planning events that enact diverse, equitable, and inclusive…

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10 February 2025

Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals Certificate, Online

If you are new to the events industry, looking to become an event or meeting planner, or you’ve been planning events for a while but never received the proper training, this is the ultimate course for you! By the end of this course, you’ll have a thorough understanding of how events work, why people and…

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Incoming PCMA Chair Neil Brownlee Breaks New Ground

From PCMA: Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland and chair of the 2025 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees, talks about how he thinks his perspective as the board’s first non-North American chair will help set the association up for future growth. Neil Brownlee attended his first Convening Leaders in 2011 in Las…

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DDC Highlights International Strategy, Connected Campus & What’s New for Meetings at CL25

From Destination DC (DDC): “From large conventions to small, impactful meetings, Washington, DC uniquely provides access to policymakers, networking and educational opportunities,” said Elliott L. Ferguson, II, president and CEO, Destination DC. “Combined with the city’s vibrant neighborhoods and abundant attractions and experiences, DC creates memorable events that keep attendees returning. Through our Only One…

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21 January 2025

Advanced Event Design & Strategy Certificate, Online

This advanced certificate course is designed to equip experienced event and meeting managers with the tools, resources, and business savvy to serve as a strategic advisor in designing, planning, and executing programs. Expanding on foundational and fundamental skills in event and meeting planning for in-person events, learners will explore progressive approaches to apply program strategy…

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16 January 2025

Event Accessibility Strategist Certificate, Online

We designed this course to provide you and your team with the knowledge, skills, and know-how to transform your in-person and digital events so they are welcoming, accessible, and inclusive for every body. Create a commonsense approach to event accessibility; Determine which accessibility protocols to include in venue & supplier RFPs, and identify criteria for…

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6 January 2025

Technical Meeting & Event Production Certificate, Online

Does your audiovisual production proposal read like a foreign language? After the venue, audiovisual is often one of the largest budget items, yet so often planners are unable to make sense of a typical proposal. Do you know how many lumens your projector should have? Should you use a PAR fixture or Lekos to light…

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What Does It Take for the Events Industry to Be Sustainable?

From PCMA: The program for the inaugural PCMA Convene 4 Climate, held Oct. 2-3 in Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with the Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe, was designed in a way that recognized that we no longer have the luxury of time when it comes to global warming. That reality was…

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