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Lessons Learned Doing Business During a Pandemic
Akshar Patel, vice president of conventions for AAHOA and one of this year’s PCMA Groundbreaker Award nominees, shares how COVID-19 has allowed him to “learn and sharpen” his skillset as an events executive.
Meetings and Your Brain: How to Turn a Digital Audience Into a Community
Facilitator Priya Parker explains why establishing a sense of togetherness for participants should be the first step for online and hybrid events.
Making Climate Change Personal
Social justice issues have everything to do with the environment, environmental justice advocate Wanjiku ‘Wawa’ Gatheru told the PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 audience in Las Vegas, ‘and the environment has everything to do with me.’
Getting Back to Face-to-Face Events
After false starts and months of virtual experiences, in-person events are returning. Here’s what organizers of three physical events held in the second half of 2021 learned.
Choosing a Word to Guide Us Through 2022
Can you think of a word that captures how you’d like to move through the coming year? We’re sharing a few that will be our mantras.
Planners Take a ‘Wait-and-See’ Approach to Omicron
The latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey results reveal that planners and suppliers feel more hopeful as they face COVID’s latest variant — and that planners are less inclined to cancel their upcoming in-person events than they were when in the throes of the Delta variant.
A New Resource Directory of — and for — Black Speakers
Tired of hearing from event organizers that they can’t find Black speakers, one HR and DEI consultant launched a directory for Black speakers. It happened organically after a LinkedIn post.
Promoting Equitable Access to Tech
A tech-donation drive at the Los Angeles Convention Center will give unwanted tech devices and accessories a new life, benefiting “communities left on the wrong side of the digital divide.”
UN Conference Director Wanted to ‘Make the Impossible Happen’
Laura Lopez is capping off her decades-long United Nations career as director of conference affairs for the UN Framework, which organizes climate change meetings including the annual COP conference.
Growing Appetite for Local Ingredients on Event Menus
More event venues are sourcing local ingredients for their menus, resulting in real positives: It supports good health and a community’s economy, and helps the environment in a number of ways.
Acknowledging Indigenous Peoples in a Purposeful Way
As the practice of including land acknowledgements at events grows around the world, so do calls to tie that recognition to meaningful change.