Charlotte hotel keeps it clean with photo wall
Here’s a Clean the World shoutout to North Carolina’s Aloft Charlotte Uptown. The hotel replaced a wall full of paintings with a collection of photos from the nonprofit’s soap distribution trips. Clean the World collects, recycles and distributes discarded soaps and other hygiene amenities to communities in need around the world, with the help of hotel partners. Orlando-based Clean the World [...] 
The future of event engagement
A focus group held last month in San Francisco revealed that audience engagement ranked among local event designers’ biggest challenges. At the first-ever PYM LIVE San Francisco, being held today at the Westin St. Francis San Francisco, a hybrid panel will discuss strategies for engaging audiences through better meeting design from 4-5 p.m. PST. A [...]
Tweet tool helps you choose your words
If you’re at a loss on how to title something or change descriptions on social media, Tweet Your Biz Title Generator is a nifty tool. Just pop in your subject, and it will give you a bunch of options. Just make sure it’s relevant to your article before you use it (it throws in random [...]
Trying new things in Chicago
Well, things are always interesting around Plan Your Meetings and today is no exception. The PYM LIVE team is in multiple places, which means today’s event is happening simultaneously in Chicago; Columbia, S.C.; the Netherlands; several regions of California; and Atlanta. Because some of our panelists have to join via mobile devices, we won’t have [...]
Discussing the future in Dallas/Irving
As the March 19 PYM LIVE Dallas/Irving unfolded, attendees and exhibitors experienced a lot of new things: the LEED-certified (and unconventional) Irving Convention Center, augmented reality, networking-focused conference apps, virtual panels and digital daydreaming.
But the focus was — and will continue to be — on taking these new technologies and integrating them in face-to-face events so [...]
A moving events laboratory at PYM LIVE Atlanta
We think of our PYM LIVE Events as a way to put ideas into motion. At each event, we’re trying something new and figuring out new ways to maximize the value of the time our attendees spend with us.
At our March 6 event at 200 Peachtree Special Events & Conference Center, some of the things [...]
PYM’s 40+ over 40 list of inspirational, innovative meeting professionals
Innovation doesn’t die once you turn 40.
We’ve all read stories about people under the age of 40 who have done great things. That’s awesome, and we should applaud them. But it overlooks the people who have context, background and knowledge of the industry and are still breaking new ground.
Who are the meeting professionals over the [...]
