Videos, Webinars & Continuing Education

Ever wonder how PCMA puts on its annual business event, Convening Leaders? Hear from the pros who made it all happen. In this interactive panel, we’ll dive deeper into what worked well and what we learned from the experiments we tested ...

The journey of designing and producing an event for planners is a long one. Often times, the road goes to places there’s no GPS navigation and detours are all too common. Through this six webisode series, you’ll follow the experience design journey of PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2017 ...

Go behind the scenes in this webinar with PCMA to find out how they pull off a successful live stream event during their largest face-to-face meeting each year, Convening Leaders. Discover the secrets to their success like growing both the face-to-face and online audiences year over year, effective onsite production ...

This session explores the American Baseball Coaches Association case study exploring their migration pain points and advice to help you best prepare for own organization for success ...

Music is like all personal property – when you want to borrow it from someone you must ask permission. All public performances, even most non-profit ones, must be licensed ...

Learn how to successfully negotiate your next pay raise by using Convene’s Annual Salary Survey results and tips from negotiation experts featured in Convene ...

Planning your first international meeting? Expand your reach or build a larger community ab​road? We have tips that can help sustain your organization and make it less vulnerable to the various market shifts. Come join us for an hour on how to strategize and what to do and what to ...

If you think you’ve heard it all when it comes to menus, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised. Give us an hour and take away valuable insight into high level menu planning ...

Livestreaming is the next big thing in social media – come learn about all your options for joining in this up-and-coming trend and take your social media presence to the next level ...

You’ll walk away with the top industry best practices, from audience perspective testing, to ensuring the quality of the live streaming and how your AV equipment and labor talent effect your broadcast quality ...

Given the pace of technological change and consumer usage patterns, today’s planners and suppliers must possess sufficient knowledge about connectivity (High Speed internet Access/HSIA) to ask the right questions and achieve the desired outcomes ...

Food and beverage plans are as varied and changing as the people who we feed. How can you accommodate a myriad of dietary preferences and restrictions, stay on budget, and keep up with the latest trends? Participate in this hour long Master Class to find out ...

David Burkus, associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University, shares research to show that many of our fundamental management practices are misguided ...

We sit down with PCMA’s Jason Paganessi to discuss how event data informs planners’ instincts and decision-making process ...

This lecture will examine several real-world case studies of organizations that are known for their creativity and innovation ...

PCMA's vision is for our participants to develop professionally, gain confidence, learn how to identify their strengths and use them to lead more effectively ...

Find out how today's meeting and event planners go about their day-to-day, and learn from 10 actionable tips that can save you time, and take your events to the next level ...

During this session, we'll discuss the language of video techie talk, the landscape of video formats and how to use them throughout your digital extensions. We'll explore how which options might work best for your variety of needs including: the world of HD and rendering files and how to best ...

Andrea Driessen will take you behind the scenes of TED-branded events to explore how you can leverage their design methodologies to plan and execute cutting-edge event experiences ...

Today, most physical events have some form of digital component and planning may vary depending on the type of event & scale. From your goals to measuring the results of your online event or webcast we will walk you through the steps to go through from beginning to end ...