>This morning, in the New York Times‘ Frequent Flier column, I came across a somewhat-more-urban follow-on to Convene Senior Editor Barbara Palmer’s recent blog post, “The Nature Break-Out.” Basically, the Frequent Flier column is an “as-told-to” story from a frequent … Continue reading →

> Discovery Green in Houston, Project for Public Spaces If your meeting is in a destination with ready access to a park or beach, that may seem like a nice frill. (Maybe even too nice of a frill, depending on … Continue reading →

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Discovery Green in Houston, Project for Public Spaces

If your meeting is in a destination with ready access to a park or beach, that may seem like a nice frill. (Maybe even too nice of a frill, depending on your industry.)
But being able to get in touch with nature creates tangible benefits for your meeting attendees: Research from the University of Michigan shows that a walk in nature can actually boost cognition by 20 percent.

Nature can offer benefits even if you don’t make it all the way outside: Outside Magazine …

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Discovery Green in Houston, Project for Public Spaces

If your meeting is in a destination with ready access to a park or beach, that may seem like a nice frill. (Maybe even too nice of a frill, depending on your industry.)
But being able to get in touch with nature creates tangible benefits for your meeting attendees: Research from the University of Michigan shows that a walk in nature can actually boost cognition by 20 percent.

Nature can offer benefits even if you don’t make it all the way outside: Outside Magazine …

> Even if you’re not a Lyle Lovett fan, there are some great takeaways from this interview, which was conducted by venture capitalist Roger McAnamee, at the 2011 Techonomy conference that wrapped up earlier this week in Tucson. Talking to … Continue reading →

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Even if you’re not a Lyle Lovett fan, there are some great takeaways from this interview, which was conducted by venture capitalist Roger McAnamee, at the 2011 Techonomy conference that wrapped up earlier this week in Tucson.
Talking to  Lovett, it turns out, was the sole reason that venture capitalist Roger McAnamee came to the conference, McAnamee told the musician. He’d been to a lot of great conferences and heard a lot of great speeches and great ideas over the years, “but the number of things that are really new are farther …

>This is the image I snapped on my iPhone earlier this week — and the spectacular view the editorial team enjoyed as we mapped out our January issue poolside at the beautiful Le Blanc Resort in Cancun. We were there … Continue reading →

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Even if you’re not a Lyle Lovett fan, there are some great takeaways from this interview, which was conducted by venture capitalist Roger McAnamee, at the 2011 Techonomy conference that wrapped up earlier this week in Tucson.
Talking to  Lovett, it turns out, was the sole reason that venture capitalist Roger McAnamee came to the conference, McAnamee told the musician. He’d been to a lot of great conferences and heard a lot of great speeches and great ideas over the years, “but the number of things that are really new are farther …

By Christine Melendes
As part of my job responsibilities I have the good fortune to be the staff liaison for the Awards and Recognition Committee. We just wrapped up our committee work for the year with the announcement of the winners for 2011 [insert link: http://pcma.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/PCMA-announces-2011-Achievement-Award-Winners.htm. In January 2012 we will celebrate them during a luncheon and I couldn’t be happier for all of them…some of whom I consider dear friends!
To get to the point of this post, though, I don’t think we give out nearly enough recognition nor do nearly …

> Welcome back to Extra, Extra!, PCMA Convene‘s semi-regular weekly news supplement.  Lately it’s been more semi than regular, and for that we apologize — the Convene editorial staff have been busy putting together our November and December issues, always … Continue reading →