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Sustainable and Eco-Friendly: Feel Good About Hosting Your Event at Myrtle Beach Convention Center
South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Convention Center (MBCC) is proudly making updates and improvements to be a more environmentally conscious venue.
A World of Good: Destinations Respond to COVID-19
COVID-19 isn’t stopping people and places from lending a helping hand. Here’s a look at what destinations from around the world are doing.
Tips to Discourage Zoombombing During the COVID-19 Crisis
Zoom has become the go-to platform for meetings and webinars — and a fresh stomping ground for trolls. While there’s no guaranteed methods to prevent them from causing disruptions, there are a few steps you can take.
Feeling Your Pain
More than 700 meeting professionals told Convene about their biggest organizational and personal challenges during the pandemic.
News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas
We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week.
Webinar: Get Empowered: Your Professional LinkedIn Makeover
With COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in effect around the world, now is the time to take a look at your LinkedIn profile and make some updates to enhance your digital footprint. Join us for this session to learn how to create a credible lasting first impression, how to best show off your thought leadership, connect with colleagues and manage notifications, recommendations, and privacy settings on LinkedIn. Get ready to transform your understanding of LinkedIn!
Webinar: Digital Experience Institute Office Hours
In the DEI Office Hours series, we discuss digital event resources that are available, idea share and answer questions for taking your events digital in the wake of COVID-19.
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.
COVID-19 Layoff Tips: What to Do When You’re Let Go
Psychologist Robert Leahy says there are only two things you need to focus on when you are let go: looking for a job and taking care of yourself. Here’s his advice on how to do both.
A Medical Event Goes Virtual During COVID-19 to Avoid an ‘Education Recession’
Despite the pandemic, the sharing of scientific data ‘must not wait,’ decided organizers of the AAT-AD/PD Focus Meeting. Their April event’s move online offers takeaways for other live-event organizers.
Networking in a Pandemic: Build Your Relationships
How we show up in our business relationships has never been more important. Networking expert and consultant J. Kelly Hoey offers some ideas to keep in mind about networking during this period of social distancing.
Drawing Insights for Events from a COVID-19 Study in Germany
The preliminary findings of a German university virologist and his team underscore the risk of contagion at large events in our current COVID-19 reality and may point the way forward for event organizers in the short term.