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News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Get up from your desk and move around! Study finds ‘gentle exercise’ during work hours can help your health. That and other advice in this week’s roundup of career-related news and trends curated by the editors of Convene.

BY Convene Editors March 20, 2024

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale March 20, 2024

How an Agrifood Event Is Cultivating Innovation and International Participation

Rooted in New York but reaching the world online, the Grow-NY Competition and Summit provides $3 million in funding for innovative startups working throughout the agrifood ecosystem, from new farming technologies to ready-to-eat food products.

BY Casey Gale March 18, 2024

Ending ‘Manels’ — and ‘Mancasts’

How strongly do women’s own biases contribute to their under-representation in places of power?

BY Barbara Palmer March 18, 2024

3 Reasons to Start Marketing 2027 Events Now

Setting long-term goals for marketing your event will help build awareness and connection, not just your database.

BY Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes March 18, 2024

‘The Radical Act’ of Creating Community

Food is central to my Italian heritage, so of course I gravitated toward food-related trends identified by VML Intelligence, the futurism, research, and innovation unit of global creative agency VML, in its “The Future 100: 2024” report, which identifies 100 trends across industries that will shape our world this year and beyond. 

BY Michelle Russell March 14, 2024

Building Events for Belonging

When it comes to designing for social connection, event professionals are ahead of the futurists.

BY Barbara Palmer March 14, 2024

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