Michelle Russell

1 month ago | pcma.org | Michelle Russell

Author: Michelle Russell        Last week, Joan Eisenstodt, principal of Eisenstodt Associates LLC, shared with the PCMA Catalyst community that the Vancouver Auto Show, held March 19-23 at the Vancouver Convention Centre banned Tesla from participating in the event over concerns for the safety of workers, attendees, and exhibitors in light of protests that have taken place against Elon Musk and his company.

1 month ago | pcma.org | Michelle Russell

During his 20s, John Sage, who uses a wheelchair, spent a lot of time traveling in Europe, and found it “hugely time-consuming to plan trips,” he told Convene. “There were always accessibility surprises.”As a result of his experiences, Sage saw an opportunity to help others with disabilities plan their travel with greater ease, founding Sage Traveling in 2009.

1 month ago | pcma.org | Michelle Russell

When Convene spoke with Tommy Goodwin, vice president of Exhibitions & Conferences Alliances (ECA), before Donald Trump took office in January, he identified a number of ways the events industry could be affected by the Trump administration’s policies. Among them: changes to tax laws.

1 month ago | pcma.org | Michelle Russell

Author: Michelle Russell        “Get ready for a paradoxical year where the surreal gets real, advanced technology meets digital disconnection, and the dawn of the trillionaire collides with cost cutting,” write Emma Chiu and Marie Stafford in the foreword to the 2025 edition of “The Future 100.” Chiu and Stafford are global directors at creative agency VML Intelligence, which publishes  the report identifying 100 game-changing trends across 10 different sectors every year.

2 months ago | pcma.org | Michelle Russell

“If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future,” said one of the foremost world leaders on building a circular economy, Ellen MacArthur — an accomplished English sailor who learned those principles firsthand while navigating the world’s oceans. “When you sail on a boat,” she wrote, “you take with you the minimum of resources. You don’t waste anything.