News & Trends

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

We’re in This Together: ‘Sharing Risk in Highly Uncertain Times’

Panelists at a recent PCMA webinar agreed that all stakeholders — planners and suppliers — have to work together during this uncertain time and get innovative with business models. Here’s how a cartoon set the tone.

BY Curt Wagner August 20, 2020

How Will Our Future, Post-Pandemic Cities Take Shape?

Some initiatives are pointing the way to greener, healthier, more resilient — and more equitable — cities.

BY Michelle Russell August 19, 2020

Turning an In-Person, One-Off Event to Online All the Time

The United Fresh Produce Association made its annual convention into a digital experience and ‘built a year-round convention center’ for commerce, engagement, and learning. Here’s what’s worked and what hasn’t.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst August 18, 2020

Do You Want to Talk About Race With Eventprofs?

The Eventsprof Book Club is hosting a discussion with events entrepreneur and diversity expert Ashanti Bentil-Dhue.

BY Barbara Palmer August 17, 2020

What Skills Do You Need? Depends on Where You Are

PCMA’s COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard surveys offer insight into where planners and suppliers think the business events industry is headed. Here’s a look at how the results of the July survey compare to the same survey, also from July, in the APAC region.

BY Michelle Russell August 14, 2020

Change Is Hard, But Is It Easier During the Pandemic?

Wharton professor and author Jonah Berger on why you should feel more comfortable making big changes now, and others may be more receptive to new ideas.

BY Michelle Russell August 13, 2020

3 Secrets of Resilient People

Three strategies that can help anyone through tough times, from a resilience researcher who put them to the test following an agonizing personal loss.

BY Barbara Palmer August 13, 2020

Keeping a Fully Planned In-Person Program Intact Online

When the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology was forced to quickly move its in-person event online for its first virtual conference, organizers’ biggest concern was how to preserve 1,500 peer-reviewed and -accepted presentations.

BY Casey Gale August 12, 2020

Tough Love During Tough Times

Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes, mdg’s chief marketing strategist, on why we need to stop thinking about events going back to normal and focus on changing outdated business models.

BY Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes August 12, 2020

More Than Child’s Play: The Toy Association Launches Three Virtual Market Weeks

The Toy Association offers an affordable digital alternative to an in-person event, bringing together toy manufacturers (sellers) with specialty retailers (buyers) before the 2020 holiday season.

BY Danica Tormohlen August 9, 2020

Focus on APAC: COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard

In what is the largest business events industry survey conducted for the APAC region to date, 531 event industry professionals — 342 planners and 189 suppliers — participated in the latest PCMA survey.

BY Convene Editors August 6, 2020

5 Ways to Make Digital Events More Responsive to Audience Needs

From staffing requirements to keeping participants engaged, here’s what The Ortus Club has learned in short order about virtual audiences.

BY Convene Editors August 6, 2020

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