Event Strategy & Design
Postcards From Montreux: Accor Hotels’ Global Meeting Exchange in Switzerland
Convene Deputy Editor Barbara Palmer finds that Montreux, Switzerland, lives up to the hype about its majestic beauty when she attends Accor Hotels’ Global Meeting Exchange there. Here’s what else she discovered.
27 Cost-Effective Solutions for Food Waste
ReFED, a nonprofit focused on eliminating food waste in the U.S., has created a list of 27 cost-effective, scalable solutions, some of which address the biggest problems faced by meeting planners.
Workhuman Live 2019 Aims to Achieve Human-Centered Workplaces
An offshoot of the Workhuman, an organization that creates performance management solutions, focuses on “the future of work.”
Benefits of Transparency
Two professors partnered with the Maritz Field Research Collaborative to conduct a study aiming to measure the impact of transparency on rewards and loyalty programs.
PeopleScience’s Jeff Kreisler Examines Why We Do What We Do
Jeff Kreisler, editor-in-chief of PeopleScience, explains the field of behavioral science and behavioral economics.
How Meeting Professionals Can Help End Human Trafficking
ECPAT-USA has been scaling up efforts to include the events industry as a partner in combatting human trafficking. We talk to the organization’s director of private sector engagement to see how that is taking shape.
How Organizations Build Ties Through Community Service
Jennifer Bond, a finalist in the Community Advocate category at Visionary Awards, shares how the PCMA Capital Chapter builds community ties in Washington, D.C.
Rx for Better Health: Take 2 Hours Outside
It turns out your mother knew best — spending time outdoors is good for your health. A new scientific paper establishes a minimum requirement for that and gives event organizers reason to reconsider their programs.
Making the F&B Experience a Theatrical Event
With its new EAT Stations, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre merges local food with tech and AV to wow attendees.
Discover The Palm Beaches Combats Human Trafficking
The CVB and local store Shoppe 561 team up to create pop-up shops at trade shows that raise money in the fight against human trafficking.
How Do You Solve the ‘Manel’ Problem for Scientific Meetings?
The grassroots organization 500 Women Scientists is creating a roadmap toward more inclusive meetings. Their “Request a Woman Scientist” database includes 10,000 vetted scientists … and it’s still growing.
State of the Cities report: What’s on America’s Mayors’ Minds
The National League of Cities just released its State of the Cities report at its conference last week. Here’s how the business events industry intersects with the top issues U.S. mayors are addressing.