Our brains develop to retain information that seems important and to block out what seems like noise. Here’s how to get — and keep — your attendees’ attention.

If you’re not thinking about how to end your meeting or event in an emotionally powerful way, you are missing a big opportunity.

C2MTL stages its boldly designed program in large, open-air spaces — and through trial and error has learned how to calibrate its sound

Getting the perfect sound mix at events and meetings can be difficult, but if you follow these best practices provided by our three experts you’ll make some sweet noise.

Leading AV providers, audiologists, and meeting organizers offer best practices for fine-tuning the sound mix at your meetings and events.

Music-engineering professor Colby Leider shares his acoustic expertise — from the cocktail-party effect and appropriate intelligibility to loudspeaker placement and open-air environments.

Cognitive scientist Josh Mcdermott on why people hear what they do — and why the auditory conferences he attends often have terrible acoustics.

Audio engineer Steve Bush takes on identifying sound leakage, controlling Reverberation, and finding the right expert.

It’s not just about having enough seats in the ballroom. Get a look at how forward-thinking furniture design can help your attendees meet, greet and get business done.

As 2018 kicks into full gear, the past presidents of PCMA’s chapters reflect on what made 2017 a year to remember.

No matter where you turn in the meetings industry, you’ll find one common characteristic: change. From planners who are rethinking attendee engagement strategies to exhibitors who are redesigning booth spaces to sponsors who are reevaluating where their dollars go, conferences and trade shows are breaking up with tradition.

Planner Tina Squillante took a standard classroom-style medical meeting and, by applying lessons she learned at PCMA Convening Leaders, blew it out of the water. This is how she did it.