Business of Events
Is the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Open to Exhibition Organizers?
Convene reached out to the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance for answers about the grant, part of the recently passed American Rescue Plan.
Response Room Aims to Solve Planner Challenges
The open platform started by the GCB German Convention Bureau in cooperation with PCMA and the IMEX Group crowdsources ideas to innovate the industry from within.
Hybrid Events Bring Back FOMO
Digital events have eliminated the fear of missing out from attendees’ minds, according to MeetingPlay CEO Joe Schwinger. But hybrid events are a way to reintroduce FOMO.
Risk and Recovery Concerns of Event Organizers and Suppliers
As organizers work through pre-pandemic contractual commitments, they are finding their supply-chain relationships tested like never before.
Enforcing Mask Mandates at Events
The heated debate over wearing face masks in public is carrying over to in-person business events, raising the question: Who is in charge of enforcing COVID-safe attendee behavior? Organizers or venues?
Business Events Recovery: ‘We Have a Human Need to Meet’
Digital events can never fully replace face-to-face events, says Juliano Lissoni, MCI Group Canada’s managing director, who shares the biological, emotional, and economic reasons why we need to gather in person.
Webinar: Let’s Get Hybrid! How to Create Successful Events In a Post-Pandemic World
We’re all gearing up for Hybrid Events. This expert panel will bring multiple perspectives to the table about how to define hybrid events, ways to create exceptional experiences for all your audiences, and what’s needed to define and implement a successful hybrid strategy.
Digital or In-Person? Gen Z’s Surprising Pick for Future Events
PCMA didn’t ask generational experts to theorize what the next generation entering the workforce values about business events. Instead, PCMA asked them themselves. Here’s what they had to say.
What LEGO, Economic Development, and Events Have in Common
Economic Development Winnipeg found a way to use a team member’s pandemic pastime and LEGO sets to help explain in simple terms how tourism and business events are integral to economic development.
Webinar: Business Relationship Best Practices for Meeting Planners and Suppliers
What are the best ways to handle RFPs? Who is responsible for what once the contract is signed? How can buyers and suppliers get the most out of their relationships? Join this exclusive panel led by CadmiumCD Business Development Director, Joe Felperin, to explore these questions and more.
Webinar: Proven Content Strategies to Boost Online Audience Engagement
Discover how one organization cracked the code to continuously grow their online audience (and revenue). In this webinar, Celess Tyrell, Director of Online Learning & Innovation at the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) reveals content tips and strategies your organization should execute.
How to Rebuild Your Business Model from Square One
Convening Leaders speaker and innovation coach Shamira Miller on getting the wheels of inspiration spinning.