Meeting Management Resources
Find information on nearly every facet of meetings and convention planning and management. Each section provides articles, tips, tricks, tools and more about each topic. Check back frequently for updates and additional topics!
Attendance Building: This section starts at the beginning, pointing out a few simple ways to build attendance at your next event. Attendance Building also offers several resources including Convene® articles about this topic.
Careers: Whether you're still in school or you're an industry veteran, the Careers section has information for you. Job Center, résumé tips and professional development opportunities are just a few of the items you'll find in this section.
Emergency Preparedness: Emergencies can happen at any time. Use the Emergency Preparedness section for valuable information on creating and implementing emergency plans and much more.
Exhibit Management: Learn about managing one of the best visual and most revenue grossing additions to an event. Forms, checklists and tools for better exhibit management can be found in this section.
Green Meetings: Have a successful event and help preserve the environment at the same time. Learn about easy and effective ways to "green" your next event.
Independent Planners: Considering becoming an independent planner? Use this section to learn about independent planning and to find helpful resources on this topic.
International Meeting Planning: International meeting planning is an area in which details are critical. This section provides articles, information, and tools to make international meeting planning more efficient.
Legal Issues & Contracts: It's not an event without a contract or some sort of legal issue. Checklists, tools, articles and model contracts are just some of the items found in this section that can be used to streamline this area of meeting planning.
Negotiation: Learn how to negotiate like a professional by using the resources in this section. Learn how to avoid making mistakes and how to make your negotiation more successful.
Talent Management: Use this section to build the most efficient and most effective meetings and conventions staff.
Planning Tools: This section contains PCMA resources such as checklists, model contracts and much more.

