Steve Pemberton, author and Convening Leaders Main Stage speaker, shares insights on transcending circumstances.

Event Details Sept. 16–19, 2018 Sheraton New Orleans Hotel New Orleans What It’s All About Produced by Project for Public Spaces, Walk/Bike/Places is a biennial professional-development conference that gathers together city planners, placemakers, transportation engineers, community leaders, public health professionals, elected officials, and professional walking and bicycling advocates to discuss how “great streets, shared spaces,

Microsoft’s Kati Quigley, the former chair of PCMA’s Board of Directors, shares what a scare taught her, and how it changed her outlook on her professional and personal lives.

A recent study finds that wearing high-end items associated with status actually makes strangers less interested in meeting and getting to know you at social events.

One hazard with being hopeful things will work out? You can unintentionally eliminate the possibility that they may not.

Time off is important — but how can you stay relaxed and productive once you get back to the office?

Author Brigid Schulte on the trend toward linking leisure to increased on-the-job productivity — and why you should resist it.

Paul Salinger, vice president of marketing for Oracle, on how he builds a business case for sustainable events.

Decisions about sustainable event solutions can be clarified with a deck of cards and a few rubber bands, using a game demonstrated by Yalmaz Siddiqui, vice president of sustainability at MGM Resorts. 

We are hardwired to be hard on ourselves, but research shows that self-criticism does more harm than good. Why not give yourself a little compassion instead?

Do you give your attendees time to reflect on what they have learned at your events? It’s a practice that can — combined with sharing with others — has been shown to boost learning by 25 percent.

Tim Harford, author of “Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives” on embracing the challenging process of seeking input from people who are different.