News & Trends

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

Making an Impact as an Event Exhibitor

The co-founders of Backtrack, a mobile app for recording exhibit booth conversations, went the extra mile to make connections and get leads at ECEF 2024. Their experience can help spark ideas for all kinds of exhibitors and sponsors.

BY Curt Wagner August 12, 2024

New Report Shows Organizers are Excited about ESG Impact, Sustainability

The Meetings Industry Association’s (MIA) June Insights report surveyed 185 U.K.-based event organizers and venues.

BY Casey Gale August 12, 2024

More Eventprofs Join Surge in Workers Opting to Go Freelance

Many event professionals are ditching their full-time employee status to work freelance because work-life balance and flexibility matter more than ever.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst August 7, 2024

The Challenge of Using AI to Enhance Your Writing

There’s a paradox that more users of generative AI are noticing — it can make your writing sound more professional, but also more generic.

BY Barbara Palmer August 5, 2024

Engaging Event Participants in the Maker Movement

How maker spaces and sessions can help event participants learn about the history and culture of a people — or just deeply resonate with their own professional culture.

BY Michelle Russell August 5, 2024

Responding to the Climate Crisis Together

We can’t escape from the realities of climate change — but we can choose to create a new path forward.

BY Sherrif Karamat August 2, 2024

What Needs to Change for a Better Events Industry

Some radical and ripe ideas to reinvigorate the events industry — and why it is slow to evolve.

BY Michelle Russell August 2, 2024

Wildfires, Dementia, and Event Disruptions: New Challenges for Planners

The growing incidence of wildfires has an impact on events — and according to research presented for the first time at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference that just wrapped, on our brain health.

BY Michelle Russell August 1, 2024

How to Make AI Tools Your Silent Partner

For events company owner Valerie Sumner, using PCMA’s Spark and other AI tools to augment company operations is “almost like having another person in the office.”

BY Barbara Palmer July 31, 2024

In the Age of AI, Soft Skills Remain ‘Critically Important’

The focus on learning how to use AI in the workplace shouldn’t come at the expense of cultivating soft skills — it’s humans who inhabit the workplace, after all.

BY Casey Gale July 31, 2024

What It Takes to Feed the Athletes at the Paris Olympics

Paris 2024 is on a mission to show that providing sustenance for athletes and fans at the world’s largest sporting event can sate the palate, meet a wide variety of cultural expectations, and serve the planet.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst July 29, 2024

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