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How Human Rights Lawyer Amal Clooney Uses Her Platform for Change

CL25’s celebrity closing Main Stage speaker Amal Clooney will share how events can serve as channel to combat social injustice.

BY Casey Gale January 14, 2025

5 Lessons From the ‘Wicked’ Movie Marketing Campaign

Master the marketing magic behind the blockbuster movie musical ‘Wicked: Part One’ — and make it work within your budget.

BY Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes January 6, 2025

CL25 Main Stage Speaker Scott Galloway on What’s Ahead for 2025

The marketing guru’s recent annual trend forecast webinar gives us a foretaste of what Convening Leaders participants can expect from his session. Here’s a hint: AI + travel.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst December 18, 2024

Convening Leaders 2025 Takes Off in Houston

Audience feedback and input from event professionals have helped shape the education program — here’s what participants can expect and what’s new.

BY Curt Wagner December 16, 2024

Planners Respond to Fatal Food Allergy Reaction at an Event

An influencer attendee died at a recent event from an allergic reaction to the food she consumed, serving as a “stark reminder” of event planners’ responsibility to keep attendees safe, according to event professional Shameka Jennings.

BY Casey Gale December 9, 2024

Medical Meetings and the Trump Administration

Donald Trump’s influence on the medical meetings industry will depend on multiple factors, including his policies, public sentiment, and economic priorities. And while some of his high-level health-care administration appointments may not make it through the Senate confirmation process, it behooves medical event organizers to consider — and prepare for — every possibility.

BY Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC December 4, 2024

Budget Pressures and Big Expectations: Insights From the Meetings Market Survey

Responses from business event organizers to the 31st Convene Meetings Market Survey reflect an acceptance of difficult market conditions, cautious optimism about the future, and above all, a sense of resilience.

BY Magdalina Atanassova and Michelle Russell December 2, 2024

Boost Your Event Success With These Expert AI Hacks

Nick Borelli, one of the event industry’s leading technologists, shares three ways to use Spark that most impress planners.

BY Barbara Palmer December 2, 2024

Making Sustainable Events Easier

A new collaboration aims to get a web-based tool developed in cooperation with the United Nations into more organizers’ hands so they can more easily measure and report the climate impact of their events.

BY Curt Wagner November 18, 2024

A Less Wasteful Approach to Experiential Events

How Analog Events works with corporate clients and celebrities to produce events with a big impact and small environmental footprint.

BY Michelle Russell November 18, 2024

Harnessing the Energy of ‘Unlike Minds’

Energy Disruptors: UNITE is an immersive energy sector summit that aims to bring together diverse voices — along with an unexpected infusion of the arts — to spark change.

BY Casey Gale November 18, 2024

Business Events: We’re About Halfway There With Sustainability

According to the 14th Global Forecast from Amex GBT Meetings & Events, more than half of the 519 meeting professionals surveyed this year around the globe agree that sustainability is extremely or very important when it comes to planning their programs.

BY Casey Gale November 18, 2024

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