News & Trends

What’s happening — or coming up next — in the meetings and events world and beyond.

Making Sustainable Events Easier

A new collaboration aims to get a web-based tool developed in cooperation with the United Nations into more organizers’ hands so they can more easily measure and report the climate impact of their events.

BY Curt Wagner November 18, 2024

A Less Wasteful Approach to Experiential Events

How Analog Events works with corporate clients and celebrities to produce events with a big impact and small environmental footprint.

BY Michelle Russell November 18, 2024

Harnessing the Energy of ‘Unlike Minds’

Energy Disruptors: UNITE is an immersive energy sector summit that aims to bring together diverse voices — along with an unexpected infusion of the arts — to spark change.

BY Casey Gale November 18, 2024

Business Events: We’re About Halfway There With Sustainability

According to the 14th Global Forecast from Amex GBT Meetings & Events, more than half of the 519 meeting professionals surveyed this year around the globe agree that sustainability is extremely or very important when it comes to planning their programs.

BY Casey Gale November 18, 2024

Ask More Questions, Get More Results From Your Negotiations

Alex Carter led two PCMA Business School sessions on negotiating during Convening Leaders 2025. But this United Nations negotiation trainer and Columbia Law School professor didn’t help participants prep for battle: Her approach is more about steering than winning.

BY Michelle Russell November 13, 2024

Advice for Planners: ‘You Don’t Have to Fear Negotiation’

Alex Carter led two PCMA Business School sessions on negotiating during Convening Leaders 2025. But this United Nations negotiation trainer and Columbia Law School professor didn’t help participants prep for battle: Her approach is more about steering than winning.

BY Michelle Russell November 11, 2024

The Pitfalls of Predicting the Future

We’ve changed things up this year with our Annual Industry Forecast to give you more pointed insights for what may lie ahead.

BY Michelle Russell November 7, 2024

4 Ways to Make the Workplace More Equitable

McKinsey & Company’s annual “Women in the Workplace” report sparked author and inclusion strategist Ruchika T. Malhotra to share a few ideas about how organizations can reduce biases and increase equity in the workplace for women and people of color.

BY Casey Gale November 6, 2024

A Slam-Dunk for Accessibility

Before hosting a major wheelchair basketball tournament this year, Richmond, Virginia, worked to make the event welcoming and accessible to all. Here’s what that took.

BY Barbara Palmer November 5, 2024

Presidential Election Tensions Spill Into Workplaces

A new survey shows managers believe U.S. political conflicts among coworkers only will increase after a divisive election. Here are some suggestions to handle those tensions in the workplace — and at events.

BY Curt Wagner November 4, 2024

How to Promote First-Time Exhibitors

Having new exhibitors at an event can create buzz, encourage repeat attendance, attract new audiences, and help position a show as the go-to source for product discovery.

BY Kimberly Hardcastle November 1, 2024

5 Strategies for High-Connection Events

As event organizers, it is no longer enough for us to create space and then stand back and let our attendees do the work of networking. We have to make it easy for them.

BY Beth Surmont November 1, 2024

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