COVID-19 and the Business Events Industry
Webinar: Reimagine Virtual Event Storytelling through Extended Reality
Streamed live from AUX Immersive Studio in Singapore, join this webinar to build a practical understanding on Extended Reality (xR) and unlock new ways to engage your audiences with virtual event storytelling.
Delta Variant Creates More Angst for Events Industry
More than 600 planners and suppliers who participated in PCMA Convene’s latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard survey shared how the Delta variant has changed their perspective on the industry’s recovery and their plans for upcoming events.
Association Finds Itself ‘In the Center of a Perfect Storm’
As the Delta variant causes COVID-19 cases to surge, organizers are scrambling to rework their meetings and events. Here’s how one organization is adapting its conference to ensure compliance and confidence.
Hackathon Points to More Biases in Twitter Algorithm
At Def Con 29, held online and in-person in Las Vegas in August, hackathon participants uncovered how a Twitter algorithm was coded with implicit bias against older people, those with disabilities, and Muslims, in addition to Black people.
How to Plan and Host a Profitable Event With Certainty in Uncertain Times
Five strategies to follow — and four questions to ask — to put your events on a forward track.
New Skills for New Event-Marketing Challenges
In a recent survey of senior-level event marketers, more than one-third said they are seeking talent with new skills that their upcoming in-person and hybrid events will require. Here’s what else nearly 90 event marketers are thinking about their future events.
Event Planners’ Duty of Care During the Pandemic
As we return to in-person meetings, questions and best practices are evolving for hosting large gatherings.
Serving up a ‘Content-Drip Strategy’
COVID-19 presented the restaurant industry with its greatest challenge. The National Restaurant Association Show has helped its stakeholders — despite being unable to host two consecutive trade shows during the pandemic — by being of service each step of the way.
Webinar: How Hybrid & Virtual Can Dramatically Boost Event Revenues
Keeping your events on a prosperous growth track can be challenging, yet hybrid and virtual offer outstanding opportunities to protect and grow revenues. In this webinar, three industry leaders reveal proven strategies and tips to help you minimize event expenses while maximizing revenues.
Nearly Seven Out of 10 Employees Are Concerned About Returning to the Office
A recent poll of 70 HR leaders from around the world showed that many employees are concerned about returning to the workplace amid a new wave of the pandemic.
How Our Relationship with Public Spaces Changed During the Pandemic
Indoor and outdoor public spaces have become only more valuable to us after the pandemic — and flexibility in both environments has become more critical. Two experts share why.
The Pandemic’s Effect on Fashion Industry Is Bigger Than a Switch to Sweatpants
Fashion changed when people stopped going out, and not just because we were all wearing comfy clothes. A professor from the Fashion Institute of Technology provides an analysis of what that means for the fashion business and fashion-focused events.