January 2015
Cover Story/AV + Connectivity
Wi-Fi: Who's Paying What?
Few topics press a planner’s hot button like the high cost of Wi-Fi at convention centers and other meeting venues.
Features
Class of 2015
The saying goes that youth is wasted on the young, but take a look at PCMA's 2015 crop of 20 in Their Twenties honorees and tell us if you think these emerging meetings industry leaders are wasting time, talent, or anything else.
2015 Epanel Survey: Technology
If you were to name the one thing that has changed the nature of face-to-face events — from the way attendees register to how they engage with content after the meeting has concluded — it would probably be technology.
5 Perfect Days in Ireland
My experiences next in Cork, Killarney, Adare, and Limerick made it even more obvious that each of Ireland’s diverse destinations leaves its own distinct impression on conference attendees — long after the awe-inspiring landscapes, architectural marvels, and ancient castles have faded from view.
How Regulatory Changes in Europe Are Affecting Medical Meetings
Like PhRMA and AdvaMed before it, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations has adopted stricter reporting requirements for industry–physician interactions. Here are 10 things medical meeting organizers — including planners in North America — should know about them.
Departments
Why One Destination Is Offering Free Social Media Planning
Meet Puerto Rico is using a new platform to offer meeting planners the ultimate 21st-century value-add: tailored social media.
Supported Article Innovative Meetings
Freeman Shakes Up Its Global Sales Meeting
Freeman’s Global Sales Meeting was inventive, educational, experiential, and collaborative. In other words, the kind of live event the company aims to create for its clients.
What Happens at a Crowdfunding Bootcamp?
Entrepreneur Ruth Hedges organized the first Global Crowdfunding Convention in 2012, paving the way for business startups to use online platforms to reward small investors with stock.
The Risks of Mimicry
We always seem to be looking for the next quick tip, idea, or feature to implement for our next conference. But not so fast — there’s some work that needs to be done first.
6 Tips for Covering Catastrophes in Contracts
Blizzards and flooding in the East and the news about the spread of the Zika virus have us thinking about worst-case scenarios.
Plenary
34th Congress of the Societe Internationale d'Urologie
We checked in on the Montreal-based Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU), which held its Congress in Scotland for the first time.
Inside Freeman's OneFORUM
The OneFORUM space at Freeman’s Global Sales Meeting, held in November at the Fort Worth Convention Center, was designed to be an immersive, museum-like environment, encouraging peer-to-peer networking.
4 Ways Travel Drives Economic Growth
Sometimes it helps to spend time using facts to confirm something you instinctively sense is true.
Your Brain on Meetings
“For the very first time,” Janet Sperstad, CMP, says, “we are able to really look inside a healthy brain.”
Jeremy Figoten, CAE, on Mentorship and Negotiation
Jeremy Figoten, Senior Vice President of Meetings, Communications, and Sales / National Apartment Association (NAA)
What Is Silent Storming?
Here’s an idea for the workplace: Try holding silent brainstorming sessions.
Also In This Issue
It Takes a City
Why a truly memorable event requires more than a destination’s hotel and convention-center space.
PCMA Names 2015 Professional Achievement Award Winners
The PCMA Education Foundation has chosen a trio of meeting professionals with a combined one-hundred years of service to the industry to honor with its 2015 Professional Achievement Awards.