About Plan Your Meetings
Who we are
Plan Your Meetings (PYM) is a free educational and social resource for people who plan meetings.
We publish an annual magazine and planning guide; distribute a monthly digital edition full of trends, tips, hot ideas, destination guides and advice; have online resources at PlanYourMeetings.com; and produce regular LIVE Events providing planners with educational sessions, networking opportunities and the tools to advance their careers. We also connect them with industry suppliers and resources to help them create better meetings and events.
Subscriptions to the magazine and online resources are free. Live events have educational sessions certified by the Convention Industry Council, so planners gain continuing education units just for attending them.
Why what we do is important for planners
We began more than 12 years ago to reach out to administrative assistants and people who were not typically called “meeting planners,” but who usually planned all the company’s events, from its picnics and parties to training seminars and annual conventions.
Some companies have one person who does this, some companies have 30 or more administratives all working on different events, and some outsource all their meetings to a team in its corporate headquarters. Most of the people planning these meetings were thrown into what they do. We offer them a support network, information and guidance, as well as an introduction to some of the best convention and visitors bureaus, hotels, special facilities, transportation providers, and other industry suppliers throughout the Southeastern and Southwestern United States.
Everything we do is designed to help our planners create better meetings and events.
Why you should advertise
Due to our longevity, word-of-mouth and the quality of our services, our audience has grown to include certified meeting professionals, and high-level corporate, third-party, association and independent planners. But the core of our audience remains those hard-to-reach planners who typically fly under the radar. Many of them are unaware that there are associations for meeting planners or any type of certification available, so they are not on the lists that are usually readily available.
For more than 12 years, we have dedicated ourselves to finding out who they are, what they need and who they want to do business with. We introduce them to our advertising partners — the facilities and services that will make their planning easier — and create opportunities for those personal and business relationships to thrive.
Our partner programs are constantly evolving, and are based on what planners want and what our partners need to succeed. When you join PYM as an advertising partner, you are not just buying a print ad or Web real estate; you also are creating a relationship and a strategic partnership designed to make the most of a shifting marketplace.
Interested in advertising? See our advertising page.
Here’s a list of some of our services:
This is the online portal to everything we do. PlanYourMeetings.com is filled with information and links to our resource directory of suppliers, free online RFPs, PYM LIVE Events, industry news, planner case studies, advice columns, blogs, YouTube videos, educational resources, city guides and more.
This is our monthly digital edition, delivered monthly to more than 22,000 planners’ inboxes with industry and destination news, trends, tips and advice to keep them up-to-date. You can request to be on the mailing list or check it out each month online.
Plan Your Meetings: The Magazine
Plan Your Meetings magazine is the premier publication for more than 50,000 active meeting planners in the Southeast and Southwest regions of the U.S. It is an annual publication designed to be an informative and interesting educational tool and resource guide, with in-depth focus features, city-by-city destination articles, resource directories and our exclusive “Practical Guide to Meeting and Event Planning.” Long considered the meeting planner’s “bible,” the planning guide is updated annually. A dedicated and experienced team of editors and writers stays on top of industry developments and trends, seeking out experts around the country for advice that will help our planners.
We know you’re busy, so we’re not going to bore you with another impersonal expo. Our live events are fun, informal, educational and fit a lot of useful information and face-to-face networking into a compact amount of time. If you’re a planner, you’ll have the chance to gain CEU credits towards becoming a certified meeting professional (CMP), have access to the finest destinations, products and services throughout the Southern U.S., and get to meet and learn from your peers. If you’re a partner, it’s another inventive way to meet the people you want to help.
Our on-staff planner services coordinators are available to help with your meeting planning needs, including RFPs. Our reputation and working relationships with the leaders of the hotel/motel industry, convention and visitor bureaus, attractions, and all visitor-related industries throughout the Southeastern and Southwestern United States guarantee you the best response and services for your meetings and events. We don’t take commissions for our advice, we just want to make sure you are connected with the best people possible.
Interested in advertising? See our advertising page.
Our company:
Plan Your Meetings and PlanYourMeetings.com are products of Atlanta Metropolitan Publishing Inc. Atlanta Metropolitan Publishing (AMP) is an Atlanta-based, family-owned publishing company with more than 30 years of publishing experience in the visitor and meetings markets. AMP also publishes Encore Atlanta, the official performing arts publication and show program for The Fox Theatre, Broadway Across America, Theater of the Stars, Delta International Series, Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Classic Chastain and others. It is also one of the largest custom publishers in Atlanta, producing turnkey publications for several organizations while providing its clients with a broad range of services from art direction and editorial content to production and fulfillment. Recent projects include Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker Souvenir Program, The Fox Theatre’s Commemorative Series, and the program for the Montreux Jazz Festival in Atlanta.
