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.

Do you provide child care at your events? Have you skipped a conference yourself because you lacked child-care options? Let us know by taking a quick survey.

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

When a major craft and hobby show moved from its long-time host city to a new one, attendance dropped off. Here’s the creative approach event organizers and the show’s new host CVB took to win attendees back.

Doughnut wall? No. ‘Sweatworking?’ Yes, says Tourism Vancouver’s Rachael Riggs, who helped organize the Health and Wellness Forum in Chicago, devoted to helping planners create healthier events.

The intimate gathering of readers features speakers who have been inspired by Maud Hart Lovelace’s semi-autobiographical book series and have followed the protagonist Betsy’s dream of becoming a published author.

Convene seeks your input on how attendee needs — such as a place for prayer or to care for children — are being met at events.

As more Millennials and Generation Z attendees start registering for meetings and events, many of them are going to demand a meaningful commitment to sustainability.