Are You a Leader?
I recently ran across an excellent video where Simon Sinek, who is currently very popular in the employee training arena, spoke at Microsoft about leadership. It was not your typical “5 Characteristics of a Good Leader” type of talk. In fact, Mr. Sinek asserted that...
You Have 8 Seconds…Go
I recently read that you have 8 seconds in any written communication to get your point across without potentially losing the attention of your reader. Eight seconds means a sentence or less! After reading this, I thought about the number of emails I read in a day and...
Dr. Tweet, Where Should I Post? How Organizations Can Leverage Social Media When Communicating Important Health Information
As a former television broadcast journalist who covered healthcare as one of her “beats,” publicizing something used to be pretty darn simple. Interesting topic + t.v. story = tons of publicity. Or interesting topic + a lot of $$$ to advertise the topic in a...
Making Meetings Free of Harassment
In the age of “me too”, organizations have an increased responsibility to make their meetings an enjoyable experience for all attendees free of any kind of harassment. Association managers and meeting planners now have a new responsibility – developing and enforcing...
Partnering Internationally for Success
The International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health is a global non-profit organization with a mission to promote, facilitate and communicate the latest research on the mental health of women, their infants and partners around the time of childbirth. The...
Furthering your Client’s Mission
PMG works closely with an association’s leadership to understand the needs of the professionals they serve to provide value-added benefits for their members or, in this case, board certified pediatric dentists. Managed by PMG since January 2016, the American Board of...
Why Client Feedback Matters
PMG’s mission is to help our clients to achieve theirs. One way we ensure our mission is being achieved is to send an annual survey to each of our twelve association management clients and four meetings management clients. This survey not only evaluates our staff and...
The Role Technology Plays in your Society
Technology has become an integral part of our world, we depend on it to communicate, collaborate and find information. PMG believes it’s an extremely important part of your organization and here are a few things we do to put it first in our business. Website Presence...
Thinking Outside the Box – Creative Society Outreach Projects
At PMG, excellence is our minimum standard. We want to get better every year and make our clients better, so innovation is a specific goal for all our staff. We ask each staff member for at least one example of an innovative new idea, or program, or service, or a...
