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Humor Association Gets Down to Funny Business
The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor — listening to members interested in pursuing humor-based businesses — holds its first two-day, in-person Funny Business Boot Camp in August.
Hybrid Board Meeting ‘Was Like a Zoom Extravaganza’
What did it take to pull off a hybrid meeting for the National Association of REALTORS® 800-plus board members? Teamwork, trust, countless meetings, and a willingness “to jump into the unknown.”
How One Virtual Event Created ‘Organic’ Interactions
The Data + AI Summit North America 2021 focused on creating opportunities for intimate conversations among its 65,000 attendees.
When the Shuttles Stopped
As in-person events begin to rev back up, their success will rest on many of the supplier partners that supported them pre-pandemic. Convene spoke to one shuttle transportation provider to learn what the past 18 months have been like and what new business model must be created for the road ahead.
Tailgate Trade Show Goes Off Without a Hitch
The PCMA Greater Philadelphia chapter landed on a novel way to bring industry pros back together and give its supplier members exposure to planners while keeping everyone safe.
How a Medical Society Found Success With its First Hybrid Event
Organizers of the Aesthetic Society’s first hybrid meeting weigh in on how they managed health and safety, how their new pricing model made the numbers work, and why organizers should change their idea of what perfection looks like right now.
More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm
Solving the climate crisis used to be part of the mission statement of only those associations focused exclusively on the environment, but that’s changing.
Lessons Learned From the Digital Evolution of Events
Event professionals share insights and experience gained from designing and producing digital and hybrid meetings yesterday at EduCon.
Making an Impact at EduCon
Hospitality Helping Hands participants will put together wheelchairs to donate to the Arizona chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Expect Hesitancy and Anxiety When We Meet Again
As in-person events — like PCMA EduCon, starting tomorrow — begin to resume, we will need to find patience and empathy for one another and ourselves, says Sara Ross, a neuroscience-trained leadership strategist.
The Why and How of HIMSS’ Vaccine Requirement
This August, HIMSS’ Global Health Conference & Exhibition will become one of the first large meetings in the health-care industry to mandate that all participants provide proof of vaccination in
‘A Marathon to Transform’ the Business Events Industry
PCMA, Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau, Singapore Tourism Board, and UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, have jointly launched a white paper that provides a roadmap for the industry’s recovery.