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COVID-19 and the Business Events Industry
Humor Association Gets Down to Funny Business
The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor — listening to members interested in pursuing humor-based businesses — holds its first two-day, in-person Funny Business Boot Camp in August.
Since Pandemic, ‘Employees Have Become a Company’s Most Valuable Asset’
The rise of human capital as a company’s single-most important asset for value creation has been happening for decades, but the pandemic has helped us see that putting human capital first is just good business.
Hybrid Board Meeting ‘Was Like a Zoom Extravaganza’
What did it take to pull off a hybrid meeting for the National Association of REALTORS® 800-plus board members? Teamwork, trust, countless meetings, and a willingness “to jump into the unknown.”
Baseball Stadium Pinch Hits as Convention Site
Petco Park, home of MLB’s San Diego Padres, was turned into a winning replacement site for Warrior West 2021, a military resource and training expo attended by 2,000 participants and 200 exhibitors.
When the Shuttles Stopped
As in-person events begin to rev back up, their success will rest on many of the supplier partners that supported them pre-pandemic. Convene spoke to one shuttle transportation provider to learn what the past 18 months have been like and what new business model must be created for the road ahead.
Tailgate Trade Show Goes Off Without a Hitch
The PCMA Greater Philadelphia chapter landed on a novel way to bring industry pros back together and give its supplier members exposure to planners while keeping everyone safe.
Tips for Scaling Event Budgets in Uncertain Times
At EduCon 2021, Todd Schwartz, CMP, offered ideas on building budgets and adapting them quickly when in-person meetings change at the last minute.
How a Medical Society Found Success With its First Hybrid Event
Organizers of the Aesthetic Society’s first hybrid meeting weigh in on how they managed health and safety, how their new pricing model made the numbers work, and why organizers should change their idea of what perfection looks like right now.
Help Wanted: Worker Shortage Challenges Events Industry
Leisure and hospitality industry struggles with 1.6 million unfilled job positions just as in-person events begin returning, creating another hurdle for business events recovery.
Study Finds Top Pandemic Consumer Behaviors Likely to Last
McKinsey’s analysis of behaviors across five countries identifies the biggest trends brought on by the pandemic that will have staying power. Here’s what they mean for events.
Reconnecting in Person After the Pandemic: It’s Complicated
Convene spoke with Sara Ross, a neuroscience-trained leadership strategist, about the conflicting emotions people may feel as they return to in-person events. Good news from a Virginia Tech neuroscientist: It should be temporary.
Expect Hesitancy and Anxiety When We Meet Again
As in-person events — like PCMA EduCon, starting tomorrow — begin to resume, we will need to find patience and empathy for one another and ourselves, says Sara Ross, a neuroscience-trained leadership strategist.