What’s the Word at EduCon? Day 1

Five for Fighting’s John Ondrasik delivers the June 26 opening presentation at 2019 PCMA EduCon at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live. Photo by Jacob Slaton Photography.

PCMA EduCon 2019 kicked off at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live Wednesday with a heartfelt keynote session — a mix of music and motivation — that set the tone for a day full of learning and sharing. Here are some of the quotes that resonated with Convene editors at the event as well as a sampling of #PCMAEC tweets.

Every day, you’re auditioning for something, whether you know it or not.”

I love the title, ‘Disrupt & Deliver,’ because even though you hear the word ‘disrupt’ all the time now it’s a punchy title and it sums up what industries need to do to prevent stagnation.”

The shortest distance between two people is a story.”

Innovative means so much to so many people. So if you include it in your survey and ask attendees how innovative an event is, clarify it. We use all these buzz words, and we have to make sure we add context.”

“Sometimes little things become big things, and you don’t know that it’s a big thing when you’re doing the little thing.”

In podcasting, you have the ears of the people who visit your organization’s exhibit halls — the booths go down, but your podcasts live on.”

We actually control 90 percent of how we age.”

When people drink they change the world.”

First rule of podcasting: Sound great.”

If you can’t win the games because the rules have changed, change the field of play.”