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Key Takeaways from PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2020

Velvet Chainsaw

The Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders in San Francisco In early January served as an engaging and energizing way to kick off a new year and a new decade. Back in the day, PCMA was dependent on active volunteers to move issues and projects forward.

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International Women’s Day: How the Meetings Industry Is Doing Its Part

Associations Now

The project, called Girls Creating , invites people to recognize inspiring women in the meetings industry. For example, at last year’s IMEX Frankfurt conference, She Means Business made its debut. And it was such a success that the program will return to this year’s conference in May. Helping Women Move Up the Ranks. In the U.S.,

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Daily Buzz: A New Way to Bring AR to Meetings

Associations Now

Called [AR]T Walk, the project aims to help digital art come alive in physical spaces. The tours are currently in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo through mid-August. At meetings, such a tour would also provide an opportunity for guests to explore the host city and conference venues.

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Conference Circuit: Oral History in the 21st Century

Associations Now

Projects like the much-celebrated StoryCorps show just how valuable oral history remains to preserving the stories of our lives. ” That’s actually a series of questions, and they may take more than a single annual conference to sort out. More details are available on the AWS conference site. The Week Ahead.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.17.20

Reid All About it

This pasta al limone from Bon Appetit reminds me of a dish I had for lunch one day in a restaurant in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Bright and comforting, so good to have that flavor experience again.

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Getting Ready for the MIX Mashup

Jamie Notter

Next week, Maddie and I will be in San Francisco for a one-day conference called the MIX Mashup. We are actually going to attend a conference for a change! It’s a project of Gary Hamel, one of my favorite business authors and a great inspiration for what we wrote in Humanize. Posted June 13, 2012.

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Game Developer Conference 2010

Moving through the Association World

Last week I attended my second Game Developer Conference in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. While this is not an event put on by my organization, IGDA, we have a large and strategic presence at the conference. While I had a great time at San Francisco I am happy to get back home.