Audience Acquisition & Engagement
‘Profound’ Impact at AIME
Dialogue in the Dark pop-up at AIME let attendees experience blindness. It ‘was problem solving, team building, and personal development at its finest.’
Network Performing Arts Production Workshops Brings WorldWide Artists Together
NPAPWS unites musicians, academic administrators, technology developers, and staff members from performing arts venues to understand how new technologies can revolutionize long-distance learning and collaboration.
Customer Feedback: Rethinking the CAB Experience
The Georgia World Congress Center’s first-ever customer advisory board meeting was built on the power of the unexpected.
How to Design Human Experiences Amid Rapid Digital Change
Technology, strategists say, should enhance the live event experience and allow for frictionless communication.
Making Events Universally Accessible
BestCities’ new report, “Universal Accessibility in Meetings,” provides real-life examples of business events — like the True Colours Festival — that promote inclusivity for delegates with disabilities.
MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting
The inaugural MANOVA Global Health Summit proved that critical conversations about health care don’t need to be stodgy or academic — and that they should include voices from outside the medical industry.
Government Shutdown: Strategies for Planners
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history went into effect on Dec. 22, 2018, and came to a close on Jan. 25, 2019. What that 35-day period made clear is that event organizers need to be prepared for a potential government shutdown at any time.
How Event Organizers Can Be More Interesting
This one nugget of wisdom from the master of public speaking can help you make your next event more appealing to your audience.
Why You Need Talk Triggers: Creating Customers with Word of Mouth
Ninety percent of purchases today are influenced by word of mouth. Here’s how to leverage that consumer trend for events.
AIME Puts Focus on Education
As PCMA continues to spread roots in the Asia Pacific region, the organization will act as the exclusive strategic education partner at one of APAC’s biggest events.
Experience Design, Sponsorships Among Hot Braindate Topics at CL19
All Convening Leaders participants were automatically registered for the Braindates platform for peer-to-peer networking. As the conference got underway Jan. 7, approximately 68 one-on-one and 51 group meetings had been scheduled, and more than 138 topics had been offered.
Make Change Happen: Seth Godin Stresses Importance of Innovation
Do work that matters for people who care. Create change. That’s the role of business events professionals, according to marketing guru Seth Godin. Godin captivated the crowd Monday at Convening Leaders Main Stage presentation, “You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See.”