News & Trends
The New Rules of Force Majeure
In a recent Catalyst post, meeting professionals discussed how the force majeure clause has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manage Your Energy — Not Just Your Time
The most successful athletes manage their energy; the business world seems obsessed with managing time, according to former sports agent Molly Fletcher.
A Help Desk Zoom Room and ‘Kazoom’ Prove a Hit With Virtual Attendees
A joint annual meeting moved — where else? — online, using two tools to streamline communication, and a swag item to perk up virtual social hours.
WFH? How to Stay on the Same Page as Your Boss
Still working remotely? Time-management and productivity expert Laura Vanderkam recommended ways to stay connected with your colleagues — and make sure your quality of work isn’t slipping.
Balancing Safety and Competition as Amateur Sports Return
With amateur sports competitions are being held again in U.S. cities, sports associations, CVBs, and venues are exercising great care to make them safe. Yet public health experts remain concerned.
Taking a Design Approach to Virtual Events
SmithBucklin has launched a process for its customers to take a strategic approach to the design and development of their virtual events, from the reason for convening to revenue generation.
Humanizing Digital Events
Insights from an event marketer on making digital events more interactive and memorable than ‘a one-sided webinar.’
How This Association Held a 300-Person Event — Safely — in June in Florida
The Georgia Motor Trucking Association worked closely with the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island to take every measure to ensure participants’ safety.
Participants Will Pay for Virtual Events If the Content Is Compelling Enough
A panel of business events professionals offered their take on how hybrid events could lead the way to recovery — fittingly enough, during The Hague Convention Bureau’s first hybrid webinar.
Trying to Solve for Networking in a Virtual Event
In many respects, the virtual International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems was a big success, drawing nearly 10 times more participants than the face-to-face event. One lesson learned is that even computer scientists find it challenging to navigate networking in an online platform.
Why Taking Your Vacation Time Is Even More Important During the Pandemic
As two business school professors point out, working from home makes us less likely to feel motivated if we also work on the weekends and during earned vacation time — which especially applies to event organizers.
A Virtual Event Powered by an App
The Genetics Society of America went out on a limb to test an expanded version of its mobile app to conduct a large international meeting virtually — and quadrupled attendance.