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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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