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Thinking Like a Paranoid Optimist

When New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman spoke Wednesday at Convening Leaders 2013 about what it will take to survive in a hyperconnected, hypercompetitive world, he described a global shift from the three Rs to the three Cs … Continue reading

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Preparing for In-Person

Being that it’s our bread and butter, professionals in the meetings industry are constantly discussing (via articles, whitepapers, blog posts, tweets, etc.) the value and relevancy of face-to-face events. They’re best for networking. They’re where the relationships form that make the … Continue reading

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Global Platform Could Unite, Expand Virtual Events

  Tony Lorenz, left, with industry leaders at Convening Leaders. The Network. That’s what Tony Lorenz, founder of bXb Online is calling a new global online channel designed to aggregate content that offers live and on-demand content, primarily from face-to-face … Continue reading

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Live From Convening Leaders

  Convene is representing at PCMA 2012 Convening Leaders in San Diego this week — overseeing the PCMA Daily newspaper and maintaining a strong, florally accented presence in the PCMA Partner Lounge. Photo by Andy Chasteen.

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Convening Leaders Scorecard

A long, long time ago, during the closing moments of last week, before 2011 Convening Leaders came to encompass everything that was or ever would be, I wrote about five things I was looking forward to during PCMA’s annual meeting. … Continue reading

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Serentwipity

A view of the “Tradeshow Trends: New Revenues” session at PMCA Convening Leaders. Yesterday, during day one of PCMA Convening Leaders in Las Vegas, I experienced one of those moments of serendipity that social-media boosters mean when they talk about … Continue reading

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Chairman’s Award

Colin Reed, with Kati Quigley, left, and Deborah Sexton. When I attended the Gaylord Opryland Resort’s grand reopening in November, I happened to catch Gaylord Chairman and CEO Colin Reed standing in one of the property’s hallways, talking on his … Continue reading

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24-Hour Party People

Kelly Peacy, CAE, CMP, PCMA’s vice president of meetings and events, has written a column, Planner’s Notebook, for Convene over the last few months, where she has given readers an inside look at the process of planning 2011 Convening Leaders. … Continue reading

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Get Up Already!

Okay, yeah, it starts at 7 a.m. on Monday morning. But if you’re attending 2011 Convening Leaders in Las Vegas, you won’t want to miss the Learning Lounge, located in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. You can’t miss it — … Continue reading

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CES and the City

I’m not going to lie: When I first heard that Convening Leaders 2011 was going to overlap with the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (whose Central Hall is pictured at left), I wondered if it was the best idea. CES … Continue reading

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