Changes in physical space, not just ideas or images, help determine how much attention our brains pay to new information.

According to a new survey of 500 workers from diverse industries across the U.S., the flexibility to work from home is just as important as health-insurance coverage.

The pandemic hit the pause button on meetings-as-usual. Priya Parker, an expert on designing social interactions, is hosting a four-part, live, video series on gatherings of all kinds — at work, with friends and loved ones, or in your capacity as an event planner or facilitator.

With COVID cases rising due to the Delta variant, the question of making proof of vaccination a requirement to attend events is popping up more often. We asked a lawyer to weigh in on the potential legal ramifications for host organizations — and it’s more straightforward than some may think.

Corporate America is getting serious about vaccine requirements for employees — including suppliers in the business events sector. Will events themselves follow suit?

The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor — listening to members interested in pursuing humor-based businesses — holds its first two-day, in-person Funny Business Boot Camp in August.

The rise of human capital as a company’s single-most important asset for value creation has been happening for decades, but the pandemic has helped us see that putting human capital first is just good business.

What did it take to pull off a hybrid meeting for the National Association of REALTORS® 800-plus board members? Teamwork, trust, countless meetings, and a willingness “to jump into the unknown.”

Five tips from a “career-building company” on the importance of references — plus a bonus suggestion based on personal experience.

Ahead of Destinations International’s annual conference in July, Convene Managing Editor Jennifer N. Dienst participated in a media trip, walking where American history took place and learning how to pick crabs like a local.

PCMA Groundbreaker Ashlee Ammons, president and co-founder of event tech company Mixtroz, on how she and her mother found funding — and their way — in a white, male-dominated industry.

An HR services company found that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not anyone’s responsibility at 17 percent of nearly 400 companies it recently surveyed. PCMA EduCon Main Stage speaker Janet Stovall says it’s everyone’s responsibility — and business has the power to solve racial inequity.