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Four Ways to Level up Your Event Potential
If you want people to travel to your in-person event, you must give them a compelling reason to come. Aim to make them active participants in the program and its outcomes.
Envisioning Change Through ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’
A new format debuted at Convening EMEA in Vienna this fall to help participants have meaningful discussions on complex challenges in a trusting environment.
Four Ways to Make Events More Immersive Experiences
In our latest Meetings and Your Brain column, we look at how findings from research on training programs can help event organizers create more memorable and extraordinary experiences for their audiences.
American Quilt Study Group: History in the Making
Quilt enthusiasts and scholars gathered for the American Quilt Study Group Seminar in San Diego, where the history of quilts in California was uncovered.
Industry Mourns Bob Lander’s Passing
The former president and CEO of Visit Austin was active in a number of industry-related organizations, including PCMA and ASAE.
The ‘Invisible Industry’ — Live Events — On Tour
A grassroots organization has hit the road to raise the visibility of the live-events industry and share the voice of the more than 6 million workers who are essential to its future.
Creating an Equitable Event Experience for Attendees of All Abilities
What the Raleigh Convention Center learned hosting the 2022 LEAD Conference, an event for — and by — experts in arts and accessibility, and what planners can learn from it, too.
Investing in Company Culture Brings Employees Together in Tough Times
In the third in a series about dealing with uncertainty, the CEO of photo and video company Snapbar shares how four business pivots in two years has taken a toll, but the entire team stepped up to meet the challenge.
A Tech Solution to Food Waste
Atlanta-based startup Goodr has delivered 30 million meals and diverted nearly 5 million pounds in total of food waste from landfills.
All-Purpose Marketing for the International Baking Industry Exposition
A lot has changed since the last International Baking Industry Exposition was held in 2019. Here’s how the 2022 edition took a fresh approach to marketing.
Connecting the Dots on Food Recovery
Fight2Feed, an all-volunteer organization made up of event and hospitality professionals, has saved millions of pounds of food from Chicago-area landfills over the last eight years by staying focused on solving problems and leaning into their relationships.
‘History Starts Now’ for Business Events Industry
Heather Seasholtz, CMP-Fellow, DES, was laid off from her job at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the two years since, she’s learned to harness uncertainty in ways she never anticipated.