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COVID-19 and the Business Events Industry
Roller-Skating Carhops? How One CVB Took a Retro Approach to Safely Showcase its Dining Scene
Newport Beach & Company serves up good food, entertainment, and safety during socially distanced media event promoting the city’s first-ever restaurant month campaign.
Faculty Webinar: Navigating the Future of Events
The world of events is changing. Organizations and their members have now embraced the idea of digital meetings and events, something that many may have never considered before. Our experts, Hud Englehart and Jim Russell, will discuss where the industry was, how it is transitioning, and what they see for the future.
All-Virtual or Hybrid? How One Conference Planned for Both Scenarios
While deciding whether an on-site program component was feasible for the Hotel Data Conference or if it would have to be held entirely online, organizers took a proactive strategy that would work in either case.
Planning for Virtual Participation and Revenues
Are there any yardsticks yet for attendance, exhibitors, and the number of sessions for virtual vs. in-person event formats? Meeting professionals discussed the topic in a recent Catalyst community thread.
Scientific Meetings Are Going Virtual and Reaching the World
When scientific meetings go online, their audiences, as well as their potential for knowledge-sharing, grow exponentially.
Convention Centers Continue to Serve Communities
During the pandemic — and now hurricane season — convention centers are providing their spaces and meals to local populations in need.
How Three Nonprofits Are Weathering the Pandemic
A sketch artist illustrated the webinar conversation as three nonprofit leaders talked the strategies they are drawing on now.
Pandemic Pastimes: How Hobbies Help Us Deal with Stress
Many have turned to hobbies as a way to cope with quarantining. And that, neuroscientists and mental health professionals tell us, provides many lasting benefits beyond serving as a distraction during the crisis.
What Matters Now: How the Pandemic Has Changed Priorities
If we’ve just been waiting for the COVID-19 crisis to pass to go back to business as usual, we’ve missed a rare opportunity to see our lives and our work in a new light. Here are some ways our world has changed and what we hope will stick once the pandemic is behind us.
Talking to Strangers in a Pandemic
Meet Cart maven Emily Hope Dobkin, founder of a company called Betterish, brings people together by having them share their stories in online sessions.
What Won’t Change
The pandemic has shifted our work and life priorities. Here are some things we’ve started doing while stuck at home that we plan on sticking with.
Rethinking Restaurants in a Pandemic
When indoor dining fell victim to COVID-19, some chefs and restaurant owners pivoted to preparing meals for the food insecure — and will make that part of their business model when the crisis is over.