Solving the climate crisis used to be part of the mission statement of only those associations focused exclusively on the environment, but that’s changing. 

Leisure and hospitality industry struggles with 1.6 million unfilled job positions just as in-person events begin returning, creating another hurdle for business events recovery.

Thursday at PCMA EduCon 2021 started with a Fun Run, priming participants for an action-packed program ahead. Here’s a peek at what it was like to be in the center of it all at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix on Day 2 of EduCon.

Bree Nidds, CTA, vice president of sales, Discover Lehigh Valley in Allentown, Pennsylvania, shares what she’s looking forward to experiencing on site at PCMA EduCon.

PCMA EduCon 2021 opened Wednesday, giving both in-person and online attendees a chance to get reacquainted while gleaning valuable insights from their peers and industry experts. Here’s what happened around the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix.

Byanca Ellul, CMP, meeting services specialist for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Chicago, shares what she’s looking forward to experiencing on site at PCMA EduCon.

Hospitality Helping Hands participants will put together wheelchairs to donate to the Arizona chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Colleen Bingle, CMP, meetings exhibits, and sponsorship manager at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) in Chicago, shares what she’s looking forward to experiencing on site at PCMA EduCon.

Business strategy expert Seth Mattison will take the Main Stage this afternoon to help EduCon participants reshift their focus and embrace uncertainty.

Convene spoke with Sara Ross, a neuroscience-trained leadership strategist, about the conflicting emotions people may feel as they return to in-person events. Good news from a Virginia Tech neuroscientist: It should be temporary.

PCMA’s Idea Book puts a new spin on a familiar tool — the conference notebook — to help participants not just retain their insights and aha moments from EduCon but map out a plan to create change.

Members of the 20 in Their Twenties class of 2021, supported by PCMA Foundation and Experience Columbus, will be honored at EduCon this week. Taylor Nicole Abbate, CMP, DES, meeting planner at the American Public Works Association in Kansas City, Missouri, answered questions via email about her expectations for EduCon and beyond.