Behind the Scenes
Reframing the Events Industry Narrative
Here’s how social and environmental considerations can play a role in reframing the events industry narrative, according to participants of the recent IBTM World Global Policy & Practice Forum.
Do You Suffer From ‘Meeting Recovery Syndrome’?
Organizational psychologists have a term for the toll work meetings take on our psyche — “meeting recovery syndrome,” or MRS. Check if you have any symptoms.
Bringing an Idea to Fruition
Through artist Dennis Wojtkiewicz’s paintings, we find a new way of looking at the future — and fleeting present — of food.
Are You Allowing Your Multifaceted Attendees to Share Other Talents?
Over the last 16 years here at Convene, I’ve trained my eye to pick up nuggets about conference business in other places outside of our industry channels. There’s a practical
How the Events Industry Intersects With Overtourism
Here are two issues the world is grappling with, and their connection to the business events industry.
How Technology Can Help Tell Deeply Human Stories
Here’s a striking example of using technology — 3D holograms to be specific — to preserve human history, for our benefit. Underscore the benefit part.
No Doggy Bag for You: Digging into the Issue of Food Waste
A cooking class — and its no-doggy-bag policy — speaks to the larger issue of how we need to make eliminating food waste a priority at events.
Ageism Remains a Problem in the Workforce
A truly diverse workforce embraces all ages and respects what each generation brings to the table. That’s our challenge in the workspace as well as in business event settings.
Ethical Tech: Questions Alexa Can’t Answer
Tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar says that we don’t think deeply about how tech is changing ‘how we live, love, learn, and even die.’
What’s a (Working) Mother to Do?
Women, recent research says, have to overcome barriers to career advancement once they become mothers. Events shouldn’t add to their hurdles.
Events Must Have a Higher Purpose
The responses to two new survey questions indicate that event professionals have an opportunity to play a bigger role in making the world a better place.
Witnessing an Open-Heart Surgery
We peered through the glass right into the patient’s open chest as the surgery team meticulously did their work — holding the young woman’s heart in their hands, inserting a new valve, replacing a coronary artery, and stitching up.