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RAISEA TOAST

The PCMA Education Foundation Dinner Celebrating Professional Achievement will be held April 27 at the Washington Hilton inWashington, D.C. This annual black- tie-optional event cel- ebrates the lifetime achievements of three industry leaders while raising funds to con- tinue the foundation’s

mission. The 2011 honorees are Talley Management Group President and CEO Gregg H. Talley, CAE (Meeting Profes- sional Honoree); ConferenceDirect President and CEO Brian Stevens (Supplier Partner Honoree); and Kendall College Professor Glen Ramsborg, Ph.D.,CMP (Educa- tor Honoree). To learn more about the event and honorees —and to purchase a table or tickets—visit www.pcma.org/dinner.

Mark Your Calendar

PCMA Education Foundation Dinner Celebrating Professional Achievement Washington, D.C. April 27

PCMA Education Foundation 2011 Partnership Summit Scottsdale April 30–May 3

PCMA 2011 Education Conference Baltimore June 20–23

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7th Annual

Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum Philadelphia March 27–29

IMEX2011 Frankfurt May 24–26

AIBTM

Baltimore June 21–23

IMEXAmerica Las Vegas Oct. 11–13

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CHAPTER CORNER Service in Sync

During the first full week in November, each of PCMA’s chapters pitched in during Service in Sync, a program that encourages PCMA members to give back to their local communities on behalf of the meetings industry. Here are a few highlights: NewEngland volunteered at the Chilly Half Marathon to

raise money for theAmerican Liver Foundation. Greater Midwest partnered with the Off the Streets

Club.The volunteers and teens spent the afternoon at Navy Pier in Chicago.The teens were then taken to the Sheraton Chicago, where they learned more about the hospitality industry.The chapter also collected holiday items for the Off the Streets Club. Rocky Mountain helped out at the Children’s Hospital

and worked with the kids to make arts and crafts. PCMA Headquarters staff held a food drive, collecting

more than 2,600 food items for the Greater Chicago Food Bank. For more on what each chapter contributed duringService

in Sync, visit http://bit.ly/h7GeXf. FIT FOR A GREETING CARD: At right, two snapshots from

Greater Midwest’s service event with Off the Streets. With the kids at top are Robert Cowan, CPA, CAE, former PCMA CFO, and Erin Anderson,CMP. At bottom is Leslie Sargent.