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Visa Issues Force Business Festival to Develop Plan B
Organizers of the Fifteen Seconds Festival faced unforeseen issues with U.S. immigration officials, but they aren’t letting those challenges cancel their first-ever event in Detroit next week.
Here’s How Gen Z Looks at Data — and What It Means for Your Strategy
As event organizers look to collect data from the next generation of participants, they must overcome a challenge much bigger than API integration: They will need to earn their trust.
2018 Best in Show Awardees and Outstanding Nominees
Celebrating the best of the events industry, including top venues, ideas and experiences from all across the world.
How to Find an Elephant in the Dark
Why do we meet face-to-face when we have email and video at our fingertips? Because it is the fastest way to gain shared perspective, according to author J. Elise Keith.
Does Creativity Have an Expiration Date?
Nope, says artist Phil Hansen. In fact, age gives us unexpected benefits.
Women Do Ask For Raises
Contrary to conventional wisdom, women do ask for raises. They just don’t get them as often as men do, according to a recent study.
Looking Ahead: Blockchain. Why Should We Care?
The implications of this burgeoning technology on the business of events are worth exploring.
How to Engage Attention — and Why It’s So Hard to Do
People are distracted for approximately half of their waking hours, so how do you keep attendees’ minds from wandering?
4 Tips for Selling Sustainability
Paul Salinger, vice president of marketing for Oracle, on how he builds a business case for sustainable events.
5 Top Internet Trends for Business Events
We picked five trends most relevant to business events from venture capitalist Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends report.
Is This the Future of Medical Meetings?
Medical meeting organizers at the PCMA Education Conference got a behind-the-scenes look at how the Cleveland Clinic is reshaping education.
The Workforce of Today — and Tomorrow
The recently released C-Suite Challenge sheds light on what the C-suite worries about most when it comes to the future of knowledge workers.