contents Features, cont. Departments


19 Plenary A record year for third parties. Pre Con: Texas Library Association. Post Con: International Congress of Human Genetics. Plus: Convene On Site; True Value’s true store;World Santa Claus Congress; McCormick’s latest labor deal; short-termer MikeMason.


33What’s Happening In Providence


34 Urban Planner Belfast Hunter R. Slaton


38 Giving Back A Stitch in Time Barbara Palmer


40 Leading Learning Over and Out Jeffrey Cufaude


42Working Smarter Just the Ticket Hunter R. Slaton


44 Meeting Management: Golf


ForeScore Maureen Littlejohn


INDUSTRY REPORT Buyer’s Market 113 The recent launches of IMEX America and AIBTM have underscored the growing prominence of the hosted-buyer model at meetings-industry events. How do planners feel about that? Pretty good, for the most part, according to Convene’s latest e-panel survey. Michelle Russell


CONVENING LEADERSPREVIEW Hearts & Minds 123 Sitting down with two PCMA 2012 Convening Leaders general-session speakers:  David Brooks, best-selling author and polit- ical columnist: “There are speakers who utter sentences that have no purpose. If you say something in front of 500 people, each sentence is precious.”  Bert Jacobs, co-founder of Life is good: “I think business was born for us. Business is a tool to be used for something greater, not just a tool to make a living or make money or whatever.” Barbara Palmer and Michelle Russell


4 pcmaconvene December 2011 123


Meeting Management: Online 46


TheHybrid Host Barbara Palmer


People & Processes 48 We Need a Little


Community, Right This Very Minute!


Dave Lutz, CMP


Innovative Meetings 49 A Delicate Balance Maureen Littlejohn


Other Duties as Assigned 141


Shoes? No Service. Kawania Howerton Wooten, CMP


Also in This Issue


Behind the Scenes 6 To the Point 8


PCMA Planner’s Notebook 10 Comments 12


PCMA Today 14 Advertiser Index 140


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