In an online roundtable discussion last week hosted by mdg, organizers of CES 2022 shared what worked, what didn’t, and what lessons they learned from planning and hosting the event during the worst of the Omicron outbreak.

Crafting a successful digital or hybrid attendee experience goes deeper than the technology you use. It’s about developing a foundational process that frees you up to be creative.

The Four Dimensions hold the secret to creating engaging experiences for a new era of events.

The human dimensions that meeting participants bring to an event are too rich and multi-faceted to be contained within a set of personas, brand and engagement expert Tim Simpson told the Convening Leaders 2022 audience.

A session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 contrasted the evolution of the business events industry against other business sectors and explored what insights we should glean from that — and why the future may be here sooner than you may think.

A host of Conversation Starters — small group discussions on a range of hot-button topics — were held for in-person and digital participants at Convening Leaders 2022. Here are some takeaways.

A science club project demonstrates how seamlessly high-school students — the next generation of conference participants — shift between in-person and digital channels.

At Convening Leaders 2022, strategy and design consultant Alain Sylvain outlined how organizations can put purpose statements into meaningful action.

Many experts now say that frequent, daily rapid tests are a superior approach to safer travel and gatherings, but for event organizers scarcity and high costs stand in the way.

To celebrate National LEGO Day on Jan. 28, Convene has dug out a few stories we’ve written about the building bricks vis a vis events — plus, the backstory of an upcoming LEGO event.

Convening Leaders 2022 participants learned from the creative genius of Cirque du Soleil’s executive vice chair, Daniel Lamarre.

The topic of the Summit for Democracy — guarding democracy around the globe —couldn’t have been weightier. Here’s how the team that produced the three-day event worked behind the scenes to keep viewers engaged.