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MIDTERM MONTH
The CMP Exam will be given on May 23, June 8, and July 23—meaning lots of meeting professionals will be study- ing this month.Want to join them? Sign up for PCMA’s CMP® PrepTM
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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
See You at These Industry Events
ASAE Springtime Expo Washington, D.C. April 28
IMEX 2011 Frankfurt May 24–26
AIBTM
Baltimore June 21–23
IMEX America Las Vegas Oct. 11–13
EXECUTIVE EDGE HIRE THIS PLANNER!: One helpful stop for jobseekers (and employers in the market for top talent)
The Brand’s the Thing
What do Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Disney have in common? Their brands are known throughout the world. Your own organization or event might
not reach that rarified level of recognition—but that doesn’t mean you can’t profit from PCMA’s upcoming Executive Edge program: “Creating, Building, and Living Your Brand.” Executive Edge will be held on May 24 at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. For more information, visit www.pcma.org/executiveedge.
CHAPTER CORNER Canada East’s Everyday Olympians
GOLD STANDARD: Jeff Adams with Canada East
Director of Educational Programs Greg Newton, CASE, and Chapter President Jacqui Sullivan,CMP.
On March 4, 21 members of PCMA’s Canada East Chapter had a chance to vicariously experience the inten- sity of competitive racing withan educational program on “Setting Goals and Achieving Them,” held at The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. Guest speaker Jeff Adams, a multi- time Olympic and Paralympic athlete, hasn’t let his disabili- ty slow him down. Instead, Adams told attendees, the ability to achieve any goal starts with individual willingness. “While we may not necessarily see ourselves as Olympians,” Canada East Chapter Administrator Julie Siedel said, “Jeff left our participants with the encouragement that we can absolutely achieve ‘medals’ of our own desire by staying positive, believing that there isn’t any- thing we cannot do, and by main- taining a strong personal mes- sage.”
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is PCMA’s Career Center, at www.pcma.org/CareerCenter. PCMA members receive a discount on both job and resume postings.