Convene Talk: Time-Smart, Not Time-Stressed: Productivity Habits That Actually Work for Event Professionals

PCMA Convene Podcast

Is your to-do list running your day? In this episode of the Convene Podcast, the team unpacks the top time-management strategies from expert Max Ohlenschlager—plus their own tried-and-true hacks. Learn how to reframe tasks, avoid burnout, and build focus through mindful planning, buffer zones, and yes—even breaking up with the Pomodoro method.

Links:

· 8 Ways to Organize Your Workday: https://www.pcma.org/8-ways-organize-workday/

· Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live: https://www.amazon.com/Time-Anxiety-Illusion-Urgency-Better/dp/0593799550

· A New Event Embraces Neurodivergence: https://www.pcma.org/neurodivergence-event-design-differently-wired-minds/

· Why your phone habits leave you feeling so bad: https://www.fastcompany.com/91348032/why-your-phone-habits-leave-you-feeling-so-bad

· Happier Hour: https://www.cassiemholmes.com/happierhour

· Chronoquiz: What’s Your Chronotype?: https://sleepdoctor.com/pages/chronotypes/chronotype-quiz

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Meet the Convene Editors: https://www.pcma.org/contact/

· Michelle Russell, Editor in Chief

· Barbara Palmer, Deputy Editor

· Jennifer N. Dienst, Senior Editor

· Kate Mulcrone, Managing Digital Editor

· Magdalina Atanassova, Digital Media Editor

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