News & Trends
Turning the Tables: What Kind of Attendee Are You?
See how your own preferences as an attendee stack up to your colleagues’ in real time.
All That Jazz: How Improvisation Helps When Producing Events
Design strategist and hybrid thinker Natalie Nixon on combining qualitative and quantitative research methods and how borrowing from jazz can help you escape a ‘permission-slip culture.’
Convene Survey: How Will Trump’s Travel Policies Affect International Attendance?
Most meeting professionals who responded to our latest survey are worried about the negative effect that new policies will have on the perception of travel to the U.S.
Yelp Is on the Way
To provide attendees with top drinking and dining options in San Diego, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization partnered with Yelp.
How Much Should You Spend on Marketing Your Meeting?
And where should you spend it? Velvet Chainsaw’s Dave Lutz on what works and what doesn’t.
How to Achieve Influence and Success in a Digital World
In order for your business or conference to achieve worldwide “word of mouth” on the web, it is crucial to add a human touch to social media.
The Shows Must Go On
Every summer, the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) brings together thousands of kids — mostly middle- and high-school students — for education, networking, and of course, performing.
The Internet Society Celebrates 25 Years With a Global Hybrid Event This Week
InterCommunity 2017 will bring people from around the world together in an event that combines online and face-to-face participants.
Richard St-Pierre: The Only Relevant KPI Is Happiness
C2 Montreal International President Richard St-Pierre talks about what he means when he says he wants the business conference to touch attendees’ souls, failure, and how he builds teams that keep pushing the envelope.
Large City, Small City, Best City
A new report ranks the best cities in the United States based on how ‘Mobile Millennials’ — Americans aged 20 to 36 who have traveled in the past year — rated them in six areas: place, product, programming, people, prosperity, and promotion.
How Your Bad Memory Can Be Good for You
A new report concludes that forgetting things may be your brain’s way of optimizing information.
5 Ways You Block Collaboration
Are these barriers keeping you and your organization from creating its best ideas?