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...
Success in Educational Initiatives
PMG specializes in the management of professional societies dedicated to advancing medical research in a specific area. As a continuation of the blog series looking at the organizations we manage and their mission-driven projects, these organizations are working to...
Looking Back at a Successful 2017 and Looking Forward to Excitement – A Multi-Blog Series
As we move into a new year, we at PMG have enjoyed looking back at the accomplishments of the societies we manage in 2017. At PMG our mission is simple. We exist to help our clients achieve their mission. We are proud of the progress each organization has made in...
Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
PMG’s first client was The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) in 2008. At that time, SIRS was a fairly new society having only run one meeting on their own with a few hundred attendees. Interest grew quickly from individuals in the schizophrenia...
Managing a Journal
As I sat down to write this blog, the first ever Stanley Cup playoff game in Nashville was playing in the background. The fans are excited, the players have taken all necessary steps for perfecting their performance and the media is watching their every move. This...
The International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health
The International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health is an international scientific association whose mission is to advance the understanding, prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders and mental health related to childbearing. Members of the Society...
PMG’s Experience with Federal Grants
In June of 2014, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), a group that had been managed at that time by PMG for two years, had an opportunity to apply for a large federal cooperative agreement (grant) worth $2.4 million through the Health...
