Ascent: Inclusion & Diversity
Hattie Hill
The Women’s Foodservice Forum works for the advancement of women and is the food industry’s thought leader on gender equity.
Expand Your Marketing Reach
After many years of producing an event, your familiarity with stakeholders may cause you to overlook other potential audience segments. Marissa Thompson at mdg shares tips on how to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Courtney D. Cogburn
Pollak is a leading voice on millennials and other workers in the multigenerational workplace. She advises young professionals and the companies and organizations that want to hire and market to them.
Room to Breathe: Creating Quiet Spaces at Conferences
Four event planners share the challenges and benefits of carving out dedicated quiet areas for meditation and prayer at their events.
Convicts, Addicts, Attendees Run with a Purpose
A recycling industry convention in Los Angeles united attendees with an unlikely group of guests for a morning run that went far in making meaningful connections.
Women Leaders on ‘Getting it Done’ in Male-Dominated Industries
Greater Boston CVB President and CEO Martha Sheridan, and Massachusetts Convention Center Authority General Manager Joyce Leveston discuss how they’ve risen to the top of their male-dominated industry sectors.
Building Bridges Via Events in New Zealand
In the wake of the March massacre at a Christchurch mosque, members of the business events industry in New Zealand say that the sector can play an important role in facilitating inclusiveness as it brings people together from all corners of the globe.
Backlash to All-Women Speaker Lineup at Science Conference
How one scientific conference tried to disprove the argument that it’s too difficult to find women speakers.
PCMA Celebrates International Women’s Day
Business events industry leader stands with the world in celebrating International Women’s Day, writes President Sherrif Karamat.
2 Programs Refine Recipe to Reduce Homelessness
Community culinary education programs help participants secure jobs and housing — and offer event organizers ways to support their efforts.
Does Implicit-Bias Training Fall Short?
It has become a go-to method as organizations seek to create more inclusive workplaces, but Cornell Professor Neil Lewis says implicit-bias training doesn’t change thoughts and behaviors in the long term. Here’s what he suggests instead.
Should You Expand the Gender Categories in Your Surveys?
After considering a respondent’s request, Convene added more gender identity options to its Annual Salary Survey. We’ve got a few reasons why — including these latest survey best practices.