Social Impact
Events Industry Takes on Homelessness, Sex Trafficking
How business-events industry can help solve our toughest problems.
Hospitality Helping Hands Volunteers Build Newborn Care Packages
Many Hospitality Helping Hands volunteers plan events, but their efforts Jan. 6 at Convening Leaders 2019 led to a celebration of a whole different kind: an epic baby shower for 20 local families in need.
PCMA, Beverly’s Birthdays Giving Back at Convening Leaders 2019
PCMA and Attendees will assist Pittsburgh families by teaming up with Beverly’s Birthdays to create essentials kits for newborns.
Brands Taking Stands: 3BL Forum Explores Corporate Activism
Corporate activism is having a transformative moment. The 3BL Forum explored the movement with a new, flexible format and an impressive roster of speakers that broached critical topics from all angles.
Switzerland Pioneers Cleantech
What does that mean for events taking place in the eco-friendly nation?
Hague CVB Spotlights Groups’ Earth-Friendly Initiatives
The Hague CVB showcases its commitment to sustainability — and local innovators — with its own awards programme.
Can Promiseland Project Help Reunite Polarized America?
A collection of architects and home builders are donating their talent, time, money, and passion to create a place for open and honest conversation in America, one destination at a time.
How to Help Events Industry Professionals Impacted by Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael smashed into the Florida Panhandle and left a trail of destruction. Join the PCMA Education Foundation in helping your events industry colleagues affected by the storm.
How Milwaukee Puts Housing First
The “housing first” philosophy puts the chronically homeless in secure housing as a first step, rather than focusing on behavior or other issues. Here’s the difference it has made in Milwaukee County.
Hacking Homelessness
Gallus Events founder William Thomson created Homeless Hackathon Glasgow, bringing together hacker participants, along with representatives from local institutions and nonprofit organizations, to yield potential solutions to homelessness. The result? Not one, but three projects currently under development.
4 Ways Meetings Help Homeless Communities
Here are some of the ways events make an impact.
Homelessness — ‘Something We Have to Fix’
How the meetings industry is responding to homelessness.