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Event Strategy & Design
Why Air Quality Must Be Part of Venues’ Hygiene Protocol
The emphasis on cleaning and disinfecting venues in the age of COVID-19 is missing a larger point: Reliably healthy and safe environments depend on clean air and a more holistic approach.
7 Change Actions Webinar: Crafting High Impact, Authentic Stories to Drive Connection
Join Haute Dokimazo’s Liz Lathan and Nicole Osibodu as we break the virtual barrier and collaborate on a story crafting workshop using the Innovator’s Compass! Liz and Nicole are the lead contributors to The 7 Change Actions Module 5, Authenticity.
How an Association’s Standalone Virtual Health Challenge Checked a Few Important Boxes
After being forced to cancel its annual in-person meeting, the American Association of Endodontists took a unique approach to digitally convening its members and corporate partners without trying to recreate its event online.
5 Program Design Changes to Add Value to Your Conference
We’re seeing a trend that association leadership is more open to making changes to the annual conference than ever before. It’s about time.
Finding Online Networking Solutions — and Is It Even Worth It?
Respondents to the most recent COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard shared how they are connecting virtual and in-person attendees and working toward safe in-person networking.
5 Lessons Learned Returning to In-Person Events
One member of the PCMA Catalyst community shared his experience from the first in-person event he has attended since the pandemic began, saying it was not ‘like riding a bike.’
Denzil Rankine: ‘We Have an Extraordinary Journey in This Industry’
Denzil Rankine, coauthor of Reinventing Live, a recently published book on the future of events, talks with Convene.
A Win for Virtual Exhibitors
The National Electrical Contractors Association’s annual leadership conference was fully virtual and a first for the organization. Here’s how organizers encouraged attendees to engage — with each other and exhibitors.
No-Cost COVID-19 Testing for Event Registrants to Take at Home
AIM Meetings and Events has teamed up with Inspire Diagnostics and Unisys Corporation to offer a new test — at no charge to attendees — to assist the business events industry in returning to safe, in-person events.
Death of the Buffet and Other Environmental Silver Linings Brought to Us by COVID-19
On the eve of Earth Day, we checked in with two leaders at the organization steering the business events industry towards a new benchmark of sustainability. We asked: Are we more or less focused on sustainable event design a result of the pandemic?
Draw a Tree That Will Grow in the Real World
To celebrate Earth Day, digital platform Piccles will plant a tree for every tree submitted on its collaborative drawing platform. It could be the start of a new way of creating digital experiences to do good in the world.
Avoiding Climate Doomism
Atmospheric scientist Michael Mann has written a new book on climate change, and it’s cause for some optimism — if we can pair agency with urgency, and individual with collective action.