News & Trends
Beyond the Old Boys’ Club: How Women Are Networking Their Way
Research shows traditional networking methods don’t work for women. A growing number of female-only events and spaces are trying to get it right.
Architects of Connection
Planners share how they are being more intentional about helping their event participants make more meaningful connections.
Building Authentic Connections: The Human-Centric Vision of C2 Montréal
Since it launched in 2012, the C2 Montréal conference —conceived by creative agency Sid Lee in partnership with Cirque du Soleil — has set a high bar for daringly different session formats, environments, and approaches to connecting diverse participants. How has that evolved?
Advanced Networking in the Curriculum at Higher Ed Event
From its session for first-time attendees to constituent roundtables and Connect and Collaborate sessions, the National Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Meeting focuses on helping its 2,000 attendees find — and connect with — their peers.
Event Attendees ‘Don’t Want to Waste Their Time Anymore’
The creator of Braindate, a platform that links event participants with shared interests, on what attendees are looking for now.
Leaning Into Connections Is the Secret to This Event’s Success
A session that served to reconnect attendees after the pandemic has become an essential element of the Exponent Philanthropy Annual Conference program.
Are You Delivering What the Next-Gen Attendee Wants?
A new Freeman trends report measures the gaps between the way organizers design their event programs and the preferences of a new generation of event attendees — and what the most innovative event organizers do differently.
Why Are These Women-Only Networking Spaces So Popular?
Convene breaks down the secret sauce behind the Female Quotient’s sassy style of pop-up Equality Lounges.
3 Things That Keep Event Planners Awake at Night
Development Counsellors International’s latest study sheds light on current challenges facing planners, as well as their preferences and behaviors around site selection.
‘Right Now, We’re in Triage Mode’
Event and hospitality workers are playing a big role in helping devastated areas throughout the Southeast recover from Hurricane Helene. In the Gulf, Category-5 Milton threatens to batter Florida’s Gulf Coast once again. Here’s how you can help.
FTC’s New Impersonation Rule Means to Stop Scammers
Members of the PCMA Catalyst Community share how their organizations deal with companies posing as authorized partners of their events — and how the ‘Government and Business Impersonation Rule’ can help.
How Fair Is It to Compare Generative AI Tools?
When a competition pitted Spark AI against other gen AI tools, it became clear that the outcomes depend more on the users than the tools themselves.