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Your Most Undervalued Event Strategy? Look Right Outside Your Office.
The best way for you to design events for Gen Z is by engaging Gen Z members of your team or at your organization in the process.
This Week on the Convene Podcast: Disagreeing Without Dehumanizing and Leading With an Artist’s Mindset
From a growing movement to help people navigate disagreements with more humanity, to Nir Hindie’s perspective on how an artist’s mindset can transform events, leadership, and innovation — here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.
Picking Up the Pace
Staying human-centered while meeting the AI challenge.
A Strategic Blueprint for Common Events-Industry Challenges
A comprehensive new PCMA report outlines the many challenges facing associations, corporate event teams, and DMOs — and the skills and strategies needed to navigate them.
This Week on the Convene Podcast: Navigating Political Disruption and the Skills Event Leaders Need in 2026
From how meeting planners outmaneuvered political and economic upheaval to insights from the 2026 Skills Horizon on leading through a “decade of disorientation” — here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.
How to Make Your Biggest Line Item Have the Greatest Impact
Season 10 of the Convene Podcast shows how F&B has evolved from a meal break to become an essential part of the attendee experience and a reflection of the host organization’s values.
Medical Planners Are Exhausted
International compliance is a gray and complex area for medical meeting planners, adding layers of work on top of the rigors of their role. Here’s how they hashed that out during a focus group session at Convening Leaders 2026 — along with some recommended solutions and some resources underway that will provide clarity.
Why Retention Is the Real Growth Strategy
Are you running a growth strategy for your event or a replacement strategy?
This Week on the Convene Podcast: Designing Net Zero Events and Why Community Beats Content with Mark Adams
From how the Net Zero Conference embedded sustainability into every element of its design, to Mark Adams’ case for why community — not content — represents the next big opportunity for business events — here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.
Blazing New Trails
The Professional TrailBuilders Association joined with American Trails to host the latest International Trails Summit, bringing together more than 850 industry professionals for three days in Madison, Wisconsin.
This Week on the Convene Podcast: Setting the Tone for Civility, Designing Inclusive Events, and Leading Through Change
From why event codes of conduct should go beyond compliance, to Laura Nelson’s guidance on sober‑inclusive, wellness‑forward design, to Pauline Nguyen’s insights on self‑leadership and emotional resilience — here’s what’s new on the Convene Podcast.
The Power of a Simple Welcome
Great hospitality doesn’t have to cost a lot. Sometimes a simple, intentional gesture — like a handwritten note — can be the most powerful.