There is a good chance you are missing opportunities that arise from the time they consider registering for your event until after they take their leave.

Two striking examples of how to pull off immersive events: Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked, and from a venue standpoint, the ways the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center delivers on the experiential trends identified in the PCMA Foundation/Marriott future of events study.

Pride Month shined a light on those corners of the world that still have a ways to go when it comes to welcoming LGBTQ travelers — something that event organizers need to keep in mind when selecting host destinations.

After 31 years, the Detroit Auto Show is moving from January to June and going from 14 days to 12. Will those efforts to ‘evolve and change’ rev up the event?

Digging for honest attendee feedback, PCMA Foundation and Steelcase went beyond surveys in a study that gauged attendee behavior at Convening Leaders 2019. The results — released at EduCon — hold valuable cues for all kinds of events.

It turns out your mother knew best — spending time outdoors is good for your health. A new scientific paper establishes a minimum requirement for that and gives event organizers reason to reconsider their programs.

The Abilities Expo, founded 40 years ago by late disability activist and post-polio survivor Richard Wooten, attracts hundreds of people with disabilities, seniors, veterans, health-care professionals, and special needs professionals.

Respondents to Convene’s most-recent Salary Survey cited coming up with new ways to engage attendees as their biggest challenge. The recently published ‘Rituals for Work: 50 Ways to Create Engagement, Shared Purpose, and a Culture That Can Adapt to Change,’ has answers for that.

In early April, 400 participants from 40 countries gathered in Madrid for the WHAHC to connect hospital-at-home stakeholders through an international platform dedicated to advancing the HaH model, which provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home.

You can easily find VR hardware at an event. But is it delivering the all-important attendee engagement? Probably not, say industry experts, who advise choosing event tech wisely.

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What does it look like when a national conference is shaped as much by a company’s values as by its financial goals?