To create bigger ROE (Return on Emotion), ‘think positive but impactful.’

At the SXSW Pitch Competition this month, three startups devoting time and energy to sustainability solutions were named winners, with another earning special attention. Plus, we spotlight a Travel + Leisure Global Visionary Awardee whose eco-friendly initiative for hotels makes it easy for guests to give back to the local community.

A look at how events industry professionals are using AI, what worries them, and why they should look beyond productivity.

One minute, TikTok is banned; the next, it’s back. Then Meta decides to ditch professional fact-checking. Threads’ popularity skyrockets, then struggles to keep users engaged. Here are tips for navigating the shifting social-media landscape.

Organizational behavior expert Andrew Brodsky on why it’s worth your time to think more deliberately about how you use technology to communicate.

How Spark helped the winning team knock out a long list of event planning tasks while racing the clock.

The NYU Stern marketing professor kicked off CL25 on the Main Stage last night with his pick of stocks, tech, media platforms, and more to keep an eye on this year.

A neuroscientist has developed an app that makes connections between incoming first-year college students with a high likelihood they’ll turn into friendships. Up next: conference participants.

Event professionals’ proficiency using AI tools continues to grow. How about their green skills? Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.

The demand to create high-tech, awe-inducing spectacles at events could stretch planners’ budgets to the limit. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.

A longtime event site-selection strategy is gaining strength — and it has a twin tactic on the leisure side. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.

Nick Borelli, one of the event industry’s leading technologists, shares three ways to use Spark that most impress planners.