The Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, produced a case study detailing how three independent show organizers joined forces to bring a safe in-person marketplace to the fashion industry in Orlando in early February. Here are highlights.

The heated debate over wearing face masks in public is carrying over to in-person business events, raising the question: Who is in charge of enforcing COVID-safe attendee behavior? Organizers or venues?

One way to keep remote workers connected to each other? Virtual teambuilding activities. Here’s how a booking platform for in-person tours pivoted to provide just that. 

Trying to socialize both over Zoom and in-person during the pandemic is mentally — and physically — exhausting. Here’s why and what you can do about it.

Even pre-pandemic, organizations recognized they needed to do a better job of engaging their audience year-round beyond their in-person events. Now it’s absolutely essential to make your content do the hard work of establishing your relevance.

Do capacity limits for indoor meetings include event staff? A handful of event professionals recently shared their knowledge on PCMA’s Catalyst forum.

Digital events can never fully replace face-to-face events, says Juliano Lissoni, MCI Group Canada’s managing director, who shares the biological, emotional, and economic reasons why we need to gather in person.

In the summer of 2020, three CMPs came together to create the Pandemic Compliance Advisor course, which offers continuing education credits and a new designation for meeting professionals.

With travel still largely on hold, the company’s Online Experiences are giving guests a chance to see, touch, and taste new destinations from home.

The controversy around how the recent Conservative Political Action Conference stage set bore a resemblance to a Nazi hate symbol raised the question: How much influence can a host venue exert over the staging of an event? We asked an attorney to weigh in.

PCMA Catalyst community members shared some ideas on how to shake up scientific conference sessions.

How a digital makeover turned a formal ceremony into a community celebration that brought hundreds of people together.