Career & Leadership
Incoming Chair of the PCMA Foundation Board Sees a ‘Positive Outlook for 2021’
Angie Ranalli shares what she is looking forward to in the coming year, both within and outside of her role chairing the PCMA Foundation Board of Trustees.
Incoming PCMA Board Chair: ‘We’re Going to Start to See Events Come Back’ in Late 2021
The way events professionals supported each other in 2020 was “uplifting,” says Kirsten Olean, incoming Chair of the PCMA Board of Directors. Now they need to “embrace that next normal” of digital and hybrid events.
PCMA Foundation Board Chair: ‘This Was One Crazy Year’
Valerie Sumner, chair of the 2020 PCMA Foundation Board of Trustees, says she is honored to have served when ‘we focused on our strength, our resilience, our power to pave our way to the next normal.’
PCMA Board of Directors Chair: ‘I Have Been Humbled’ in 2020
Stuart Ruff-Lyon, 2020 Chairman of the PCMA Board of Directors, looks back on a year of challenges both personal and professional, and the changes the pandemic has brought to the business events industry.
A Convene Chat With Heidi Welker
After 33 years with the same company, Heidi Welker — senior vice president, business development and industry partnerships, Encore Canada, previously Freeman Audio Visual Canada — announced her retirement. Convene reached out to Welker to learn about her career path and what she has planned for her next chapter./
News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas
We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week.
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.
Our Picks for the Business Event Trends of 2021
The editors of Convene looked back over 2020, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2021?
Thomas Friedman on Trust and Business Events
In a deeply and increasingly interconnected global landscape, the role business conferences play in the spread of information and ideas has grown all the more important, says foreign affairs columnist and PCMA Convening Leaders speaker Thomas Friedman.
‘It’s Really Jazzing Me’
Gary Schirmacher said that he never expected to be heading up a startup, but his new role as CEO of Total Hospitality Industry Solutions offers new ways to demonstrate the value of the events industry.
News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas
We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week.
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.