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We had the honor of attending the PCMA Spark Event for the PCMA Canada West Chapter<\/a>, as an annual sponsor in mid-October. It was a jam-packed, 1\/2 day educational and networking event and you can bet it was worth it for all involved.\u00a0 Once again, it was nice to put some faces to names, which is probably our favorite part of getting out events all over. The Vancouver Convention Centre<\/a> was the\u00a0 host of the event, and just in time as in October, they received their double LEED certification – this makes them the first double LEED-certified convention centre, in the world! This all thanks to their six-acre\u00a0living roof, marine habitat built into the foundation of the West building, the scratch kitchen which focuses on using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients, amongst\u00a0a variety of other accomplishments and building-wide features. Even though it was pouring, and you could barely see the water, let alone the mountains, it was still wonderfully bright, helping to bring the outdoors in, minus the rain.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” _i=”1″ _address=”0.1″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.mybadges.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Robot-Rachel-opt.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.77″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb title=”Robot Rachel Riggs getting wrapped up in her thank you gift. Even robots need the comforts of a scarf :)” _builder_version=”3.0.77″][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.77″]<\/p>\n Oh, the difficulty in choosing a session to attend right off the bat! The first option was by Tahira Endean<\/a> and covered “Intentional Event Design our Professional Opportunity”. Tahira wanted to focus on “people-centric design” to design optimal guest experiences. She was tying this in with\u00a0her 7 key intentions from her newly released book.<\/p>\n But then, there was Robot Rachel Riggs<\/a> talking about how to implement a proper CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) strategy into your business. We all want to do good and feel good, but CSR seems to take a back seat when we get too busy, or short on time.<\/p>\n I opted to go the CSR route and very thankful I had the opportunity to do so. We are all looking for ways to do good, and feel good, and get others involved. Rachel went over some of the idea’s she and her team have implemented and how quickly they’ve grown so we can see how little changes, can grow into much bigger changes and impact. Anyone anywhere can do it and it no doubt will add to your bottom line, along wiht\u00a0creating effective engagement.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” _i=”2″ _address=”0.2″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.77″]<\/p>\n After a quick networking break, it was time to yet again decide between two awesome sounding sessions. Up first was “Have You Heard? Events Apps in 2018?” which was a panel discussion led by Jason Philpchuk<\/a>, Vlad Polikhun<\/a>, Joanne Rockwood<\/a>, and Shannon DeSouza<\/a>. The discussion was focused on changes implemented by Apple and how they do, or do not, affect you moving forward. By making this an open discussion panel, it was less lecture-based, more interactive, meaning you could see what challenges others had noticed, bringing a new layer to the discussion.<\/p>\nSpark Talk Round 1 – Event Design or Organization Legacy?<\/h2>\n
Spark Talk Round 2 – Industry Involvement or Event Apps in 2018?<\/h2>\n