Event Strategy & Design
How Airbnb Open Is Changing the Attendee Experience
The peer-to-peer sharing platform has disrupted the hotel industry. Are meetings next?
Inside Emojicon 2016, 1st Conference Designed Around ‘Picture Characters’
Emoji may be adorable, but with billions sent each year, they also carry enormous social, political, and cultural weight.
A ‘Shark Tank’ for the Travel Industry
The Phocuswright Innovation Platform is reinventing how innovators find funding.
Dorri McWhorter on Breaking out of the Bubble
A Social Hologram
Attendees frolicked with hologram technology at Convening Leaders — and imagined potential uses.
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.
Watson, Mix Me a Drink. You Know What I Like.
During Austin’s South by Southwest Interactive Festival 2016, IBM demonstrated how sensory analytics and personalization can be used to amp up an event.
Designing Corporate Events With Sales Professionals in Mind
A well-designed event can shave months — or even years — from a sales cycle.
Five Ways to Take Ownership of Your Learning
Dave Lutz, CMP, on how to get the most out of learning opportunities at events like Convening Leaders 2017.
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.
The ‘United Nations for Startups’
The StartUp Grind 2017 Global Conference brings together startup founder from 87 countries.