News & Trends
Chick-fil-A’s Annual Meeting — More Than Company Growth on Menu
Chick-fil-A’s annual gathering of franchise operators is about more than helping attendees ring up more sales and attract more customers. The experience is equally focused on shaping their personal futures.
Brands Taking Stands: 3BL Forum Explores Corporate Activism
Corporate activism is having a transformative moment. The 3BL Forum explored the movement with a new, flexible format and an impressive roster of speakers that broached critical topics from all angles.
4 Predictions for Event Tech in 2019
As people talk to smart speakers at home and scan their faces to unlock their phones, they are likely to grow increasingly comfortable with the evolution of technology at events. Here’s a look at how digital engagement is expected to evolve next year. (PCMA Partner News from Freeman)
Marriott Takes Steps to Help Guests Affected by Data Breach
Finding Funding for Women-Led Startups
Women Who Tech is working to close the funding gap and draw global attention to gender bias in venture-capital funding. One key method is hosting Women Startup Challenges, which identify female-owned early-stage startups and invite them to compete for funding.
Designing a Pitchfest for Your Event
A pitchfest can showcase emerging ideas and bring innovators and investors together at your event. Here’s what the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has learned since launching their own Pitch Fest five years ago.
Convening Leaders to Employ Virtual Reality Empathy Machines
Virtual reality is transforming media, entertainment, and a range of other industries — including events. Can it also change perspectives?
Switzerland Pioneers Cleantech
What does that mean for events taking place in the eco-friendly nation?
Planning Plastic-Free Events
How a Scotland venue and an England triathlon are leading the way.
How to Ensure Accessibility When Choosing Destinations, Venues
New research offers planners ideas to consider when choosing destinations and venues.
What is ‘Sonder’ and Why Should You Care?
Seth Godin says designing your business event the way you’d like to experience it yourself is a flawed approach.
Illustrations Help Speakers at Business Events Land a Visual Punch
Business guru Kjell Nordstrom carries a bold, paradigm-shifting message to audiences — and slides created by artist Patrik Instedt illustrate his points perfectly.