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?

Leading Sonoma County Tourism After the Fires

People first, according to Claudia Vecchio, the newly hired CEO of Sonoma County Tourism, who has moved from one crisis to the next over the last weeks, balancing immediate and longer-term needs.

BY Christopher Durso November 10, 2017

What Do You Like Best About Your Job?

There are a lot of different ways to like your work if you are a meeting planner — here is what you told us about what you like best.

BY Convene Editors November 8, 2017

People On The Move

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

November 6, 2017

Chris Trimmer on Building Relationships

‘The relationships that you have built are the thing that will get you out of trouble.’

BY Christopher Durso November 3, 2017

3 Techniques for Connecting With Clients

For an event organizer, remaining in step with a client’s personality can pave the way to a successful meeting.

BY Casey Gale November 3, 2017

The Future of Business Events

It’s all about balancing technology with the power of human touch.

BY Deborah Sexton November 1, 2017

Thirty-Six Strategies for Negotiation

Strategy #30: Turn yourself into a host from being a guest.

BY Convene Editors November 1, 2017

What You Need to Know About GDPR

A European Union–based privacy attorney outlines how event organizers can prepare for the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect in May 2018.

BY Convene Editors November 1, 2017

Using Images To Spark Group Interaction and Creativity

How an exercise with a collection of images of ‘nothing in particular’ helped participants generate fresh ideas about their work at a publishers’ conference.

BY Michelle Russell November 1, 2017

What’s Trending for F&B?

Caesars Entertainment’s Michele Polci dishes on the event catering trends she is loving — and those that she could do without.

BY Michelle Russell November 1, 2017

A Guide To Doing Business in China

As event organizers look to capitalize on opportunities in China, successful business negotiations there — and elsewhere in the world — rely on understanding a set of 36 strategies from more than 2,000 years ago.

BY David McMillin November 1, 2017

People On The Move

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

October 30, 2017

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