Event Strategy & Design
Introverts, Extroverts, and the Majority in the Middle
We tend to separate event participants into two camps — introverts or extroverts — but we should design our events for the overlooked ambiverts, too.
Empowering Latinx Nonprofits in the Fundraising World
Fundraising Con Ganas, a two-day conference geared toward helping small- and medium-sized Latinx-focused nonprofits, addresses an industry inequity and ensures that what participants learn has organization-wide impact.
Designing Events With DEI in Mind From the Beginning
Despite a backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), such initiatives remain an important part of business and business events.
3 Events That Delivered Both Connection and Education
Striking the right balance of networking and education when designing your events isn’t impossible. Here’s how these events managed it.
How a Medical Conference is Driving Health-Care Innovation
The World Hospital at Home Congress is helping advance the growing and critical service of bringing healthcare to people’s homes around the world.
In Search of Something Better for the Events Industry
We asked event professionals to open up to us about the deeply ingrained ways in which the industry does business that need rethinking — and to consider: If we eliminate those sacred cows, what should we do instead?
In Search of Better Event Structure and Programming
Name badges, long conference days, session lengths and formats, networking — event professionals offer more than 15 ideas to revitalize long-standing event practices.
‘People Don’t Like to Be Sold to’
Huddles are an alternative to exhibit halls, repositioning supplier partners as solution providers offering consultations in a non-hard-sell environment.
4 Ideas to Improve Conference Exhibits
Here’s how a handful of event professionals think the events industry can create better experience for exhibitors and event participants.
How to Make Your Event F&B Appetizing to Everyone
Four event professionals and a social scientist share their insights into improving the food and beverage experience at conferences.
4 Ways to Think About Heat Waves and Your Events
Understanding how to manage events in the face of extreme heat will become increasingly important as global temperatures rise. Event strategist Rhanee Palma shares her insights.
Event Venues Look to High-Tech Solutions to Combat Food Waste
On-site digesters and AI are among the tools tapped to prevent food waste from going to landfills.