PCMA Foundation gifts scholarships to support APAC event professionals

PCMA Foundation announces support in scholarship to upskill event professionals. To help support the APAC event management profession adapt to the changing landscape of the business event industry, the PCMA Foundation is gifting the region support in scholarships for selective PCMA courses.

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Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue

Convention attendees and exhibitors from some non-U.S. destinations have been contending with visitor visa processing times as long as 800 days, negatively impacting international participation at U.S.-based events. New legislation targeting the issue offers some hope.

Convene’s Annual Salary Survey: How Well Are You Being Compensated?

In 2022, the results of Convene’s Annual Salary Survey indicated that while planners were commanding higher salaries on average than before COVID, they felt a greater sense of unrest. Help us understand how event organizers are being compensated — and therefore valued.

PCMA APAC Labs – Recap on Future of Work: Impact of AI on the Workforce

The “Project SPARK: The AI Tool for Eventprofs, by Eventprofs” webinar on 18 July 2023 received incredible feedback on how SPARK can support and help them regain their precious time from repetitive tasks. “AI will not replace you and your job, but people who use AI will.” Veemal Gungadin, Founder & CEO, Gevme Hear from our participants on their thoughts and how they used SPARK: As a marketer for business events, SPARK saves me valuable time by swiftly extracting key takeaways from lengthy videos, summarise and transform them engaging LinkedIn posts. This allows me to focus on the aspects that require a human touch. Ethan Ng, Managing Partner, MET Communications "SPARK is an amazing tool for business events! I wish I had discovered it sooner when when I was crafting a session description from scratch last week. I dropped my content into SPARK, and it effortlessly outperform my copy!" Karen Bolinger, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Destination Gold Coast

APAC Webinar – Demo of Project SPARK: The AI Tool for Eventprofs, by Eventprofs

Get Stuff Done with PCMA’s AI Tool, Project SPARK Project SPARK - the AI tool for Eventprofs, by Eventprofs, is a once in a generation opportunity for the business events industry to understand and define how a disruptive technology will shape our chosen profession — the business events industry. Join us for the webinar on Project SPARK to discover what SPARK is all about, and how you can make the most of it to jumpstart your routine event design and planning tasks, content generation and marketing communications.

APAC Webinar – SPARK Demo: How we used it to analyse survey feedback

The “Project SPARK: The AI Tool for Eventprofs, by Eventprofs” webinar on 18 July 2023 received incredible feedback on how SPARK can support and help them regain their precious time from repetitive tasks. “AI will not replace you and your job, but people who use AI will.” Veemal Gungadin, Founder & CEO, Gevme Hear from our participants on their thoughts and how they used SPARK: As a marketer for business events, SPARK saves me valuable time by swiftly extracting key takeaways from lengthy videos, summarise and transform them engaging LinkedIn posts. This allows me to focus on the aspects that require a human touch. Ethan Ng, Managing Partner, MET Communications "SPARK is an amazing tool for business events! I wish I had discovered it sooner when when I was crafting a session description from scratch last week. I dropped my content into SPARK, and it effortlessly outperform my copy!" Karen Bolinger, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Destination Gold Coast

A peek at Convene editor Magdalina Atanassova's work using the Spark AI tool.

3 Ways Convene Used PCMA’s Spark AI Tool

On June 26 at EduCon, PCMA President & CEO Sherrif Karamat will announce a new generative AI tool specifically for the business events industry, developed by Gevme in collaboration with PCMA. Convene has taken it for a test ride. Here’s how it worked.

June PCMA APAC Labs concluded on a high note in Sydney

It was truly delightful to witness the active involvement and dynamism of the business event professionals who joined our expert speakers as they delved into the exploration of "The Future of Work: The Impact of AI on the Workforce" on 8 June.

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