Audience Acquisition & Engagement

Strategies for getting the right attendees to your meeting and keeping them engaged while they are there and after.

How Do You View AI: As a Threat, Tool, or Teammate?

Organizational psychologist David Burkus thinks your answer to that question will spell the difference between whether your team succeeds or not. He’ll explain why and how in his Main Stage keynote at CEMA Summit, July 27-29, in Austin.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst July 11, 2025

This Medical Meeting Builds Wellness Into the Program

How a conference for lifestyle medicine practitioners takes a page from its own prescription pad.

BY Michelle Russell July 10, 2025

How ASCRS Rebooted Its Awards Ceremony to Increase Audience Engagement

The American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery transformed its annual meeting awards program into something far less ceremonial and far more engaging, based on audience insights.

BY Michelle Russell May 14, 2025

Building a Circular Economy in Events: How Two Major Meetings Reimagined Sustainability

Meetings have long been designed with this one-off/single-use mentality. How can we adopt more of a reduce, reuse, recycle approach to create truly sustainable events?

BY Michelle Russell February 14, 2025

How Events Can Foster Emotional Engagement

By providing participants with a sense of trust, the feeling of belonging, and the satisfaction of socially connecting with others, events become more than places to learn and network.

BY Barbara Palmer Michelle Russell December 14, 2024

At Conferences, We Trust: How Shared Experiences Break Down Cynicism

Psychologist and author Jamil Zaki on how conferences are an antidote to cynicism — and how to help participants connect more deeply.

BY Barbara Palmer December 13, 2024

An Event Entrepreneur’s Quest to Redefine Belonging

Dan Berger reveals how founding — and selling — an event-planning software company taught him the true meaning of belonging, and how event professionals can apply those lessons to create meaningful connections.

BY Barbara Palmer December 13, 2024

5 Ways Meetings Fuel Belonging

According to author Dan Berger, business events offer five out of the six major categories of activities or strategies that promote the sense of belonging.

BY Barbara Palmer December 13, 2024

3 Science-Backed Ways to Build Trust and Connection at Events

Psychologist and author Jamil Zaki on why conferences are an antidote to mistrust and three ways to build connection between participants at conferences of all sizes.

BY Barbara Palmer November 22, 2024

The Secret to This Tech Conference’s Exponential Growth

CodeMash’s move to make the tech conference more accessible and affordable led to a family-friendly event that spawned the spin-off KidzMash just for attendees’ children.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst November 21, 2024

How to Promote First-Time Exhibitors

Having new exhibitors at an event can create buzz, encourage repeat attendance, attract new audiences, and help position a show as the go-to source for product discovery.

BY Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes November 1, 2024

5 Strategies for High-Connection Events

As event organizers, it is no longer enough for us to create space and then stand back and let our attendees do the work of networking. We have to make it easy for them.

BY Beth Surmont November 1, 2024

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