Career & Leadership
3 Tips to Jump-Start Your Meeting’s Next Redesign
Hitting the ‘refresh’ button isn’t always easy. Stacey Chang, executive director of the Design Institute for Health at the University of Texas at Austin, has some concrete advice for getting started.
What Works for Online Learners
Participants may want more control over their face-to-face conference learning experience, but research indicates that it’s not a great design practice when it comes to online learning. Here’s what works better.
How Isaac Lidsky Sees Things Differently
For entrepreneur and speaker Isaac Lidsky, the loss of his sight helped him understand how we use our minds to shape our reality.
How Future of Storytelling Can Change Ways We Meet
New York City’s Future of StoryTelling Summit explores how cutting-edge technology puts audiences at the center of the action. And asks the question: Isn’t that where meeting participants belong, too?
Look Who’s Talking at Convening Leaders 2017
Here’s a preview of some of the featured speakers who will be sharing information, insights, and inspiration at PCMA’s annual meeting in Austin on Jan. 8–11.
Predicting 2017
Here is what you need to know to success in this year’s ‘customer-led, digital-centric’ market.
What Will the Trump Administration Mean for Meetings?
Convene talked to two industry veterans about what the incoming administration might mean for meetings and events — and got two different views.
Renee McKenney on Visitor Experience
How you treat people is what they will remember, says Renee McKenney, Chief Experience Officer for VisitDallas.
A Hacker Walks Into a Beehive
Could the Internet of Things help solve the global decline in bee populations? A CiscoDevNet hackathon sets out to show that it can.
How Life-Long Learning Can Help You Get Ahead
Cultivating the habits of a continual learner can set you apart from the pack.
20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017
Members of PCMA’s fourth class of outstanding young business-event professionals talk about their dreams and the best day they’ve had in the meetings industry so far.
Where Kellie Shevlin Got the Inspiration for Craft Beverage Expo
Kellie Shevlin, CEM, co-founder and executive director of the Craft Beverage Expo, Washington, D.C., talks about her career path and gives young professionals in the business events industry some advice: