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How To Prepare For A Career In Event Planning

Endless Events

Being an event planner, event manager, or event marketer is a difficult job that demands a lot of energy and knowledge, but many of us are drawn to it because it is – above all else – rewarding. As the technology sector within the industry grows, many planners are leaving traditional event planning for event technology jobs.

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Has the Grinch Stolen Holiday Parties?

Smart Meetings

With the #MeToo movement on the forefront of everyone’s mind, some human resources departments are concerned about co-workers overstepping boundaries. In October, the consultancy firm surveyed 150 human resource reps throughout the United States. Still not convinced of the benefits of hosting a holiday party?

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Hybrid: Two Strategies, One Powerful Marketing Product

Smart Meetings

As the world opens up and Covid restrictions are lifted, we will not return to business as we knew it before, largely because of lessons we learned about the benefits of communicating digitally.

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Hospitality and Humanity Meet to Solve Hotel Staffing Crisis

Smart Meetings

Banner for Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program Support and inclusion Erin Flothmeier, director of human resources at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, has worked with refugees for 30 years. Flothmeier says this is a benefit of embracing the uniqueness of all employees. All four of those positions are filled with Afghan refugees.

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Do Event Professionals Need to Learn HR Core Competencies?

Endless Events

To begin today’s discussion, Thuy starts with the central question: do event professionals need to learn human resources core competencies? But I also feel planners have so much on their plate right now; how can we expect them to learn another thing?” . Let’s find out. Should Event Professionals Learn HR Competencies?

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How Event Professionals Are Feeling About Their Jobs

Convene by PCMA

Lack of human resources overall. It’s an equation that dooms us to fail as planners.” High-level meeting professional positions are being cut in preference for less experienced/lower-paid employees; outsourcing is growing but no benefits to workers. “Global war, tribalism in the U.S.” Politics, climate change.”

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Embracing Mental Health in the Workplace

Convene by PCMA

But don’t take our word for it: Those are the findings of “ Mental Health in America: A 2022 Workplace Report ,” from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and SHRM Foundation, conducted in collaboration with Otsuka America Pharmaceutical. organizations with 10 or more employees responded to the recent survey.