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PCMA EDUCATION CONFERENCE PREVIEW


Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose Three general-session speakers from the pcma 2012 Education Conference:


› Michael Rogers, the Practical Futur- ist: “We are going to have more and more audience members and customers who prefer the virtual experience.”


› Jackie Freiberg, author and consul- tant: “Innovation happens when people at all places, in all levels, notice. Then they lead a charge to make the change happen.”


› Mark Scharenbroich, Nice Bike guy:


“Sometimes it scares the beegeebers out of people just to interact. But when they do interact, their meeting experi- ence gets a whole lot better.” Christopher Durso and Barbara Palmer


Departments


15 PLENARY Costa Concordia comes ashore. Pre Con: Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Post Con: ispa expo. Plus: the Nightclub & Bar show; National Pie Championships; Scandinavia goes greener; conscious capitalist Karen Freeman Parsons; Convene On Site.


Special Sections URBAN PLANNER


83 CITYFILES At-a-glance profiles of cities welcoming groups.


84 Cleveland 85 Columbus 86 Providence Warwick


88 Raleigh Jennifer N. Dienst


89 VIRGINIA Meetings flourish in the land of collaboration.


90 Virginia Tourism 92 Fredericksburg 93 Hampton 94 The Homestead 95 Virginia Beach 96 Norfolk Jennifer N. Dienst


101 GAMING DESTINATIONS


A winning hand for groups.


102 Mohegan Sun 104 Seminole Hard Rock


106 LVH – Las Vegas Hotel & Casino


108 MGM Grand 110 Talking Stick Jennifer N. Dienst


30 Indianapolis Hunter R. Slaton


ONLINE


32 A Federal Case Barbara Palmer


GIVING BACK


34 Fruit of the Vine Molly Brennan


Also in This Issue


6 COMMENTS 8 BEHIND THE SCENES


10 TO THE POINT 12 PCMA TODAY 111 ADVERTISER INDEX


FORWARD THINKING


36 Planned Serendipity Dave Lutz, CMP


INNOVATIVE MEETINGS


38 The Tao of Crowdfunding Jennifer N. Dienst


WORKING SMARTER


40 Beyond the Hashtag Barbara Palmer


OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED


112 Red, White, and Blues William R. Host, CMP


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