CMP Series Required Reading
Architects of Connection
Planners share how they are being more intentional about helping their event participants make more meaningful connections.
In Search of Something Better for the Events Industry
We asked event professionals to open up to us about the deeply ingrained ways in which the industry does business that need rethinking — and to consider: If we eliminate those sacred cows, what should we do instead?
Meetings and the Maker Movement
How does the maker movement intersect with business events and how can we tap into it for more meaningful experiences for our participants? Convene cast a wide net to find ideas for weaving more of what makes us human into our events.
Inside WorldatWork’s Speaker Coaching Program
WorldatWork’s Courtney Mesmer developed a speaker coaching program to improve the participant experience at her organization’s annual conference. That initiative not only transformed the conference but rippled throughout the organization.
Learning to Listen
Listening is a skill essential to the knowledge exchange that takes place at business events, but how can organizers cultivate better listening behavior among our audiences? Convene reached out to four listening experts and one of the world’s top experts on coaching for their advice.
Game Changer: Paris 2024 Olympics Takes Bold Strides Toward Sustainability
The Olympic Games, the largest sporting event in the world, is aiming to make next year’s edition in Paris its most sustainable ever. What can the events community learn from its plans and its progress?
Events Industry Forecast 2023: Where We Are Now
For this year’s Industry Forecast, we’ve culled the latest research on business events and the sectors that support them — travel, event technology, lodging, and the workplace — asking experts to provide insights about what to expect next. Here are some of those insights.
Events and Venues Face New Challenges to Safety, Security
As face-to-face events return in full force, organizers and venues are assessing additional new risks, like potential disruptive behavior, that can make their events feel less safe and welcoming.
Practicing Empathy at Work and Events
Empathy is not just a soft skill that’s necessary to cultivate to lead teams and design events post-pandemic, it’s practical and effective.
Meeting in the Metaverse
How the events industry is exploring the metaverse’s current and future potential.
The Transformation of Business Events
What event organizers have learned about what their audiences want now.
Designing Events That Create a Sense of Belonging
Now that in-person events have resumed, organizers can reignite among participants the sense that a common purpose bonds them together. Here’s how, according to experts across different fields.