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(I just realized I saved but did not publish this post from Monday. Sorry! Here's a link to the news item my colleague Dave Kovaleski has done on it since.) The biggest news to come out of the press conference this afternoon at PCMA's annual...

This was a great session! The moderator, the panelists, and the audience took turns telling their war stories and the lessons they learned the hard way. So many great stories, I can't even begin to go there. Here are just a few: ...

I fully expected to be snowed, if not put to sleep, by Jeremy Siegel, this morning's PCMA general session speaker and financial expert. But he was really understandable, and even better, he agreed with me about what the ultimate cause of the...

I've seen New Orleans just before daybreak before, but I have to say I got a different perspective this time when I had just gotten up instead of heading back to the hotel after a long night! I'm proud of myself for getting up at 5 to do the fun...

This session started out great, only to be derailed by AV problems, unfortunately (we seemed to have channeled Joseph Grenny's Master Series session, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, through the sound system in our room. Couldn't hear our...

Opened with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, which was amazing, awesome, all those other nice "a" words. New Orleans CVB chief Stephen Perry also welcomed us to town. My favorite quote from him that is oh so true: "When you come to New Orleans...

I loved the opening reception at Mardi Gras World (I think, but am not sure, that this is the right URL for the place). The chow was really good, especially the seafood (though I hear the kobe sliders with bleu cheese were pretty awesome, too) and...

So what are people Twittering about at PCMA this year? Here's a look at the latest tweets:

I was a little worried about getting to New Orleans for the Professional Convention Management Association's annual meeting. My flight was supposed to be tomorrow (Sunday), a day and time for which we also have a blizzard warning in effect to the...