Career & Leadership

What will it take for you to create career that you want? Here are ways to develop leadership and cultivate other essential skills, plus hacks that can make a big impact on anyone's day-to-day work. And we look at ethics — how do your colleagues draw the line on everything from freebies to food waste?

Incoming PCMA Chair Neil Brownlee Breaks New Ground

Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland and chair of the 2025 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees, talks about how he thinks his perspective as the board’s first non-North American chair will help set the association up for future growth.

BY Casey Gale January 14, 2025

How Human Rights Lawyer Amal Clooney Uses Her Platform for Change

CL25’s celebrity closing Main Stage speaker Amal Clooney will share how events can serve as channel to combat social injustice.

BY Casey Gale January 14, 2025

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale January 14, 2025

Brené Brown on How to Be a Braver Leader — No Matter Where You Sit on the Org Chart

The greatest barrier to courageous leadership is not fear, Brown said Monday from the CL25 Main Stage. What gets in the way are the things that we do to ‘armor up’ in order not to face up to our own vulnerability.

BY Barbara Palmer January 13, 2025

Hoops on His ‘Rewarding’ Year, Accessibility, and the Rise of AI

Leonard Hoops reflects on his year as chair of the 2024 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees and shares what he thinks is in store for the business events industry in 2025.

BY Casey Gale January 13, 2025

Former Rep. Liz Cheney: The Power of Principle in a Polarized World

In her Main Stage presentation, Liz Cheney will talk about the necessity of standing up for your values, no matter the cost — a principle she exemplifies.

BY Barbara Palmer January 13, 2025

To Space and Beyond

Two Convening Leaders sessions will show how the innovative Space Cities Network initiative can serve as a blueprint for other sectors — and underscore how events can leverage the power of the knowledge economy.

BY Michelle Russell January 12, 2025

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale January 8, 2025

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale December 30, 2024

News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Productivity is as much about managing one’s emotions as it is about managing time — plus more advice in this week’s roundup of workplace trends and news curated by the editors of Convene.

BY Convene Editors December 30, 2024

News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Four strategies to help you build relationships in a professional group where everyone seems to know each other already — plus more advice in this week’s roundup of workplace trends and news curated by the editors of Convene.

BY Convene Editors December 18, 2024

CL25 Main Stage Speaker Scott Galloway on What’s Ahead for 2025

The marketing guru’s recent annual trend forecast webinar gives us a foretaste of what Convening Leaders participants can expect from his session. Here’s a hint: AI + travel.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst December 18, 2024

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