{"id":22995236,"date":"2016-02-04T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congrex.com\/allgemein\/when-to-appoint-a-pco\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T05:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T04:54:45","slug":"when-to-appoint-a-pco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/congrex.com\/de\/blog-de\/when-to-appoint-a-pco\/","title":{"rendered":"When To Appoint A PCO?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can really decide to appoint a PCO or <a href=\"\/?service-category=professional-conference-organiser-core-pco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professional Conference Organiser<\/a> at any stage during the conference planning process, it really will depend on the type of support or services you feel you need from a PCO. If for example you simply want a Professional Conference Organiser to assist with management of <a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/conference-management\/abstract-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abstract management<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/de\/service\/teilnehmerregistrierung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delegate registrations<\/a> then you may feel that bringing a Core PCO on board part way through your planning is suitable. Make sure to always work with an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iapco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IAPCO<\/a> accredited PCO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related blog:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/conference-management\/iapco-member-pco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9 reasons why smart planners choose an IAPCO member PCO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It may have been your intention to manage all aspects of planning yourself within the committee or academic establishment using fellow colleagues and support staff but after embarking on the planning process, the scale of what is required has exceeded the resources you have available or the event scope has changed and grown. Most Core PCO\u2019s will be happy to become involved part way through the planning process.<\/p>\n<p>However, Congrex Switzerland would advise those considering embarking on hosting a congress to engage with a Professional Congress Organiser right at the very outset of planning, as early as possible, before you have even perhaps considered a venue or location to hold your event.<\/p>\n<h4>Why appoint a PCO as early as possible?<\/h4>\n<p>At the very earliest stages of planning the PCO, with their extensive experience and expertise, can offer advice, help, knowledge and support in <a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/conference-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conference management <\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/association-management\/administrative-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">administrative management<\/a>\u00a0 in many areas including <a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/de\/destination-management-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">destination management,<\/a> pros and cons, venue feasibility, as well as advising on financial aspects relating to the proposed conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related blog:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/de\/blog-de\/the-role-of-the-professional-conference-organiser-core-pco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Role of the Professional Conference Organiser (PCO)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Professional Conference Organiser should very much act as the \u201cglue\u201d that brings all the many parties involved in creating a successful conference together. It ensures important dialogue across these groups and thus offer a clear time line for the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>A Core PCO\u00a0can be a valuable resource to organising committees who do not have the time or other resources to take on the hosting of a major event without external support.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please <strong>download our White Paper 1: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/white-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Role of the Professional Conference Organiser \u2013 PCO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can really decide to appoint a PCO or Professional Conference Organiser at any stage during the conference planning process, it really will depend on the type of support or services you feel you need from a PCO. If for example you simply want a Professional Conference Organiser to assist with management of abstract management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22992713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1848],"tags":[],"technology-trend":[],"topic-tag":[149],"class_list":["post-22995236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-de","topic-tag-konferenz-essentials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When To Appoint A PCO? - Congrex Switzerland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/congrex.com\/de\/blog-de\/when-to-appoint-a-pco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When To Appoint A PCO?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can really decide to appoint a PCO or Professional Conference Organiser at any stage during the conference planning process, it really will depend on the type of support or services you feel you need from a PCO. 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