Tag Archive: Convening Leaders

Authors Speak Out About Conferences And Events: Learning Lounge Speakers Part 2

Tweet And you thought that the previous video of Learning Lounge speakers showcased a killer lineup. You’ve not seen anything yet. Just wait! There’s even more! We’ve value-sized your Learning Lounge experience. You been upgraded to receive insights that are guaranteed to rock your meetings world! PCMA and Velvet Chainsaw are committed to bringing you…

San Diego Here We Come! PCMA Learning Lounge Speakers 2012

Tweet Follow these Learning Lounge 2012 speakers in Twitter. Learning Lounge 2012 Velvet Chainsaw is working with PCMA again to organize part of the 2012 Convening Leaders Learning Lounge. There will be more than 100+ education opportunities from Big Ideas TED style presentations, to “How To” iPad sessions, to “Bring Your Own Mobile Device” instructional…

PCMA Convening Leaders 2011 Learning Lounge

Tweet Wow, people will show up for education at 7 am in Vegas! Take a look at this short video of January 10′s Learning Lounge. And yes, you’ll see some great people in this video participating in the Learning Lounge like Corbin Ball, Christina Coster, Mic Johnson, Eric Ly (co-founder of LinkedIn & founder of…

The Early Bird Gets The Learning Lounge Worm: PCMA 2011

Tweet Those who come first, learn first! Riddle Me This What has 63 speakers, 77 TED-style presentations, 49 round-table discussions, 49 facilitators, 21 emcees, seven theaters, three Supplier Showdowns, one hybrid host, two social media expert bars, one livestreaming stage, one global community discussion, one speed networking session, one PCMA Chapter Challenge and one task…

7 Meetings Industry Take-Aways From Convening Leaders 2010

Tweet Here are seven takeaways from  PCMA’s 54th Convening Leaders Annual Conference that I attended recently in Dallas, TX.   1. Expert failure in the decision making process occurs for one of two reasons: incompetence, the disease of idiocy, or  miscalibration, the disease of over confidence. Miscalibration is more dangerous than incompetency.  In times of…