BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PCMA - ECPv5.14.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:PCMA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.pcma.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for PCMA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230713T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230713T120000 DTSTAMP:20260524T185405 CREATED:20230619T160507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230619T162100Z UID:188333-1689246000-1689249600@www.pcma.org SUMMARY:July DES Expert Panel Q&A DESCRIPTION:This is your opportunity to hear from our DES Experts Will Curran\, Rachel Stephan\, and Sourabh Kothari and ask the questions you want answered\, whether related directly to the course content\, or a challenge you may be facing in your own work in the virtual/hybrid events world. \nThis session is focused on what YOU want to discuss\, so please take a minute beforehand to answer this quick\, 4-question poll linked HERE to help us drive the focus of our discussion. \nThis webinar will use Zoom’s live transcription feature for captioning. \nEIC Status: Approved\nDomain A: Strategic Planning\nCredit Hours: 1.0 \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_XDACG4WoQzSSzFVA8n-cYQ|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n DES Program Sponsor:  URL:https://www.pcma.org/event/webinar-july-2023-des-expert-panel-qa/ CATEGORIES:Featured,Industry Calendar,PCMA Events,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pcma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/July-DES-Expert-Panel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T120000 DTSTAMP:20260524T185405 CREATED:20230524T204115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T182526Z UID:187100-1686222000-1686225600@www.pcma.org SUMMARY:June DES Expert Panel Q&A DESCRIPTION:This is your opportunity to hear from our DES Experts Meg Fasy\, Mike Allton\, and Sourabh Kothari and ask the questions you want answered\, whether related directly to the course content\, or a challenge you may be facing in your own work in the virtual/hybrid events world. \nThis session is focused on what YOU want to discuss\, so please take a minute beforehand to answer this quick\, 4-question poll linked HERE to help us drive the focus of our discussion. \nThis webinar will use Zoom’s live transcription feature for captioning. \nEIC Status: Approved\nDomain A: Strategic Planning\nCredit Hours: 1.0 \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_iclyzGhNT1uLB2H2ywut7Q|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n DES Program Sponsor:  URL:https://www.pcma.org/event/webinar-june-2023-des-expert-panel-qa/ CATEGORIES:Featured,Industry Calendar,PCMA Events,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pcma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Webinars-1500-by-500-46.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230602T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230602T131500 DTSTAMP:20260524T185405 CREATED:20230512T175602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T151716Z UID:185981-1685707200-1685711700@www.pcma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Dissecting the Chat GPT/Generative AI Disruption: Use Cases\, Concerns\, Threats & Opportunities for Event Profs DESCRIPTION:The explosive adoption of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools brings enormous opportunities and challenges for all industries\, events included. Many jobs will be eliminated\, many will be made vastly more efficient\, and most will evolve in a significant capacity. Much like the pandemic and pivot to virtual events\, this disruption will have winners (those who lean in\, embrace the change & adapt) & losers (those who choose to ignore it). Join us as we break down the top AI use cases for event profs\, address broader shifts and implications for our industry\, and explore the surprisingly real possibility (put forth by Elon Musk among many other luminaries) that AI will lead to the extinction of the human race. Yes\, you read that right. \nAgenda:  \n\n25 Smart ways event profs can use ChatGPT & other Generative AI tools\nChallenges\, concerns & opportunities\nOverview of top platforms\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n Brought to you by \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_SaVJV2FzTZ2FHJa4RBSgsg|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Moderator: Howard Givner\nSVP Knowledge & Innovation\, PCMA | Founder\, Event Leadership Institute \nWith over 20 years of industry experience\, Howard is a widely recognized expert and innovator in the field of special events\, meetings\, and small business growth strategy. Howard is the Founder and CEO for the Event Leadership Institute\, a leading provider of best-in-class training and education for the events industry through online\, on-demand video professional development classes\, interviews with industry leaders\, white papers\, webinars\, and live events. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Speaker: Nick Borelli\nMarketing Director\, Zenus \nZenus Director of Marketing\, Nick Borelli\, leverages his background in experience design\, event tech\, and digital marketing to help event professionals reach their full potential. \nHis background includes decades of contributions to live and digital communication helping to facilitate his mission: bringing the world together through intentionally designed experiences. To further this mission\, he has presented on a wide range of topics internationally\, volunteered with numerous industry associations and contributed to dozens of publications. He has also served as a board member for a decade with the meetings and events industry non-profit\, The SEARCH Foundation. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Speaker: Jen Santos\nSenior Technical Program Manager \nFor more than a decade\, Jen Santos has led event technology at some of the world’s largest companies.\nShe brings the technology and team building best practices from over 20+ years of IT consulting and coaching experience to event delivery teams so they can deliver exceptional events. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Speaker: Matthias Clock\nMarketing Director\, RX \nWith over a decade of experience marketing trade shows\, conferences\, consumer events\, and online marketplaces\, Matthias Clock is an experienced events professional with a passion for digital innovation and data-driven marketing. Currently serving as Marketing Director at RX\, Clock is committed to driving digital transformation at Vision Expo and across RX. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Speaker: Anh Nguyen\nFounder\, Spark Event Management \nAnh Nguyen is the founder of Spark Event Management\, an award-winning\, full-service event management firm and the Spark Event Collective\, a network of independent planners collaborating to deliver event experiences. \nAnh is a seasoned business event professional who possesses over 18 years of event design\, production\, and management experience. She has managed a vast array of events including intimate corporate functions\, awards and fundraising galas\, large conference\, virtual events\, conventions and tradeshows\, and international hospitality events and is known for her keen eye for detail while being able to lead\, inspire and manage large\, global teams. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_SaVJV2FzTZ2FHJa4RBSgsg|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] URL:https://www.pcma.org/event/webinar-dissecting-the-chat-gpt-generative-ai-disruption-use-cases-concerns-threats-opportunities-for-event-profs/ CATEGORIES:Featured,Industry Calendar,PCMA Events,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pcma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MicrosoftTeams-image-110.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230511T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230511T133000 DTSTAMP:20260524T185405 CREATED:20230504T224056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T194653Z UID:185827-1683810000-1683811800@www.pcma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Understanding Your Event Audience DESCRIPTION:What does your event audience care about the most? And how are you delivering that? This critical question can be the difference between failure and success this year\, as audiences are choosing which events they travel to very selectively. Do you have the data you need to define your audience correctly? \nJoin event strategist and data expert\, Vinnu Deshetty\, and marketing strategist and audience engagement expert\, Sourabh Kothari\, as they explain how your audience is being redefined in 2023. Bring your toughest questions\, so we can all understand our event audiences better. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_h6e3k6UQRICSbGg8tewS7A|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Speaker: Vinnu Deshetty\nCEO of EVA Tech Hub and PCMA ELI Course Instructor \nAs Founder and CEO\, Vinnu Deshetty brings over 20 years of experience working with conferences\, meetings\, and events. As a meeting planner\, she understands the hurdles her industry peers encounter on a daily basis. As a techie\, Vinnu knows that there are tools and tricks of the trade to help organizations overcome the unknowns of what will happen next. Vinnu loves learning what peers in the industry have to share and share what she’s learned along this journey we call digital transformation. In an environment where technology is quickly changing\, and the nature of meetings is evolving\, Vinnu leads EVA’s team of meeting planners and developers that takes the guesswork out of meeting planning. “Armed with data that EVA collects\, we no longer have to rely on our gut to make strategic decisions about our events. Listen to the data. It’s trying to tell you something.” Raised as a coal miner’s daughter in western Kentucky\, Vinnu learned the value of hard work and community. Experiencing how a community rallies together in good times and bad\, she knows that the meetings industry will champion again. Vinnu obtained a Bachelor of Science from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Public Administration. She now works and resides in the Washington\, DC area with her fierce feminist daughters and her sidekick Toby the wonder dog. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Speaker: Sourabh Kothari\nCEO of Mindcurrent and PCMA ELI Course Instructor \nFor over 20 years\, Sourabh Kothari has been building high performing teams and award-winning products for the world’s largest brands. Including marketing programs at Cisco that were nominated for two Emmy awards. Over the pandemic\, Sourabh had the unique opportunity to train over 3\,000 event professionals globally on digital engagement for in-person\, hybrid\, and virtual events via PCMA’s Digital Event Strategist certification course. His venture\, Mindcurrent\, uses data science and performance psychology to analyze team performance and wellbeing\, with expert insights delivered directly via Slack and Teams based on each team’s unique culture and stress factors. Before co-founding Mindcurrent\, Sourabh worked at two B2B SaaS startups\, one of which is now a unicorn\, and the other recently went public on the New York Stock Exchange. \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_h6e3k6UQRICSbGg8tewS7A|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] URL:https://www.pcma.org/event/webinar-understanding-your-event-audience/ CATEGORIES:Featured,Industry Calendar,PCMA Events,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pcma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Webinars-1500-by-500-44.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230511T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230511T120000 DTSTAMP:20260524T185405 CREATED:20230417T230235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T200248Z UID:184420-1683802800-1683806400@www.pcma.org SUMMARY:May DES Expert Panel Q&A DESCRIPTION:This is your opportunity to hear from our DES Experts Joshua Butler and Sourabh Kothari and ask the questions you want answered\, whether related directly to the course content\, or a challenge you may be facing in your own work in the virtual/hybrid events world. \nThis session is focused on what YOU want to discuss\, so please take a minute beforehand to answer this quick\, 4-question poll linked HERE to help us drive the focus of our discussion. \nThis webinar will use Zoom’s live transcription feature for captioning. \nEIC Status: Approved\nDomain A: Strategic Planning\nCredit Hours: 1.0 \n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n [vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#e0295d” gradient_custom_color_2=”#54a0df” shape=”round” size=”lg” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-chevron-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpcma.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_NEIl8YlTSy-63I7npT7prA|target:_blank” el_class=”reg-btn”] \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n DES Program Sponsor:  URL:https://www.pcma.org/event/webinar-may-2023-des-expert-panel-qa/ CATEGORIES:Industry Calendar,PCMA Events,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pcma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Webinars-1500-by-500-43.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR