contents Special Sections


81 Utah The No. 1 state for business and growth offers world-class resorts, beautiful parks—and one big Salt Lake. 82 Davis County 83 Salt Lake 84 Utah Julie Ritzer Ross


85 Resorts Destinations and venues where luxury and productivity go hand-in-hand. 86 Talking Stick Resort 88 Greater Palm Springs and Resort Cities


90 Cancun 92 Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancun


94 Casa de Campo 96 Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino


98 Orange County Convention Center


Julie Ritzer Ross


Departments 15 Plenary A Japan update straight from the source. Pre Con: Human Genetics. Post Con: Juvenile and Family Law. Plus: Convene on Site; Solarflora; G.I. Joe collectors; business travelers on face time; MCCA’s James Rooney on race in Boston.


26 Urban Planner San Antonio Barbara Palmer


Features


CONVENE SALARY SURVEY 2011 Purse Strings Loosen— A Little 61 We surveyed meeting professionals about their compensation and job outlook in October 2010 and again this past March. The results: Things seems to be improving at least a bit, with more planners getting raises this year than last year—and more of them expecting raises next year. Michelle Russell


ONE ON ONE WITH Joe Rohde 75 “Being Disney, our interest in places is in their story-making properties,” Disney’s chief Imagineer tells Convene, ruminating on the company’s soon-to-open Hawaiian resort. “Human beings make story con- stantly in our brains wherever we go.” Christopher Durso


4 pcmaconvene June 2011 www.pcma.org 104


6_11 Giving Back 28


Time (Off) Is on Your Side Hunter R. Slaton


Innovative Meetings 30 The Play’s the Thing Barbara Palmer


Leading Learning 34 The Format Is Right Jeffrey Cufaude


People & Processes 35


Five Social-Media Practices You Shouldn’t Follow Dave Lutz, CMP


Working Smarter 36 ‘A Lecture-Like Show’ Hunter R. Slaton


Other Duties as Assigned 104 Fire Man


Scott Vollmer, CPCE


Also in This Issue Comments 5


Behind the Scenes 8 To the Point 10 PCMA Today 12


PCMA Planner’s Notebook 14


Advertiser Index 101


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