What questions to ask — which ones to avoid — to increase your chances of getting the highest number of responses that yield insights.

Concurrent sessions are the meat and potatoes of professional conferences. Use AI to improve the recipe.

InfoComm, billed as “The Coolest Pro AV Gathering on the Planet,” offers attendees a firsthand experience of the latest audiovisual tech. Here are three top trends to use at your own meetings.

These strategies will help you be proactive in navigating shifts in policies and the economic and geopolitical landscape.

It may seem premature to sound the alarm, but here goes: Trump’s executive order directed toward transforming government spending will likely have a significant impact on meetings in the scientific, health-care, and academic sectors.

Gross profit is the metric that matters most to leaders. By understanding and tracking this key measurement, you can enhance your credibility and value as an event organizer with senior leadership during the recovery process.

Annual conferences can be a valuable platform for helping your attendees — and their organizations — develop and retain future leaders, aka “hi-po’s.”

Most conversations about the use of artificial intelligence in the events industry focus on use cases that improve workforce productivity and performance for repeatable processes. Here are approaches that not only help you but help your event participants implement AI within their own organizations.

It’s important to recognize those who make significant contributions to our communities — and engage our audiences while doing so.

The Exhibitor Advocate recently released its 2023 Annual Survey of Exhibition Rates. This report compares material handling, labor, and equipment costs across 24 major U.S. destinations. Here are two takeaways you should consider.

“What gets measured, gets managed,” is a phrase coined by management guru Peter Drucker. For annual conferences, this is best accomplished by identifying and adopting a combination of leading and lagging performance measures.

Here’s a simple project-management tool that can help streamline internal communications — and clarify accountability — for annual meetings.