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How to Market Your Event App
Event apps can enhance the in-person event experience for attendees — but you’ve got to get them to engage first. Here are a few tips on how to encourage app use before and during an event.
Top 5 Reasons to Meet in Louisville
Louisville’s unique brand of Southern hospitality will make your next meeting memorable.
Making Travel More Neuroinclusive
In VML Intelligence’s “The Future 100: 2024” report, one new trend spotlighted is how the travel and tourism industries are becoming more inclusive to neurodiverse travelers and attendees — but this is not a new trend for Convene.
5 Immersive Experiences That Bring Black History to Life
Here’s how to make Black history come alive for event participants, any time of year.
Shayna Asgill, DES
Shayna Asgill, DES, Director of Events at Redstone Agency and a member of PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties class of 2024, shares why she believes leading by example is important in the business events industry.
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.
What Is the Job to Be Done by Your Event?
The Jobs to Be Done theory about serving customers may not be new but it’s worth re-exploring to find fresh applications to the business events industry.
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.
A Full-Circle STEM Event
How the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists is designed to further attendees’ academic and career pursuits — from the exhibit hall to a standout closing session featuring event alumni.
Designing Events for Synthesis
Your packed education program will leave participants feeling overwhelmed unless you provide opportunities for them to synthesize their experience. Here’s how.
Finding Connection by Disconnecting from Tech
VML Intelligence’s Future 100 trend forecast highlighted “Luddite Mode” — Gen Z’s desire to find moments of calm away from modern technology. How are events catering to this need?
Who Organized the Event Better — Humans or AI?
Humans faced off against AI in an event-planning competition at PCMA Convening Leaders 2024, and the result of the exercise shines a light on industry gaps and opportunities.