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5 Ways to Use the COVID-19 Crisis to Rethink the Association Model
If there is a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic for associations, it’s that the current difficult times will lead to a renaissance of mission-driven, membership-based organizations.
5 Fatal Flaws of Virtual Events — And How to Avoid Them
Risk-takers, innovators, and leaders are going all in on creating digital events that share key characteristics of face-to-face gatherings.
Recovery Realities: How the Business Events Industry Will Move Forward After COVID-19
The timing of recovery is going to be dependent on consumers and businesses having confidence that our cities and venues are safe again.
How Are Women’s Conferences Different?
Here are five characteristics that distinguish successful leadership conferences for women from other kinds of events.
What Can Event Designers Learn From Megachurches?
Megachurches display six characteristics that speak to the events industry — from admissions policies to entertainment value to their use of technology.
10 Best Practices for Communicating About Association Events During COVID-19
Don Neal, CEO of 360 Live Media, offers advice about how associations can best communicate to their members, partners, attendees, and others in a time of uncertainty.
Be Safe, Smart, and Ready as We Face the Challenges of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve by the hour, disrupting the business events industry and others, the most important thing we can do is ensure everyone’s health and well-being — and take care of our loved ones.
Physical Distancing Doesn’t Prevent Us From Staying Social
As we hunker down and practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, we look for ways to retain our close connections.
When Working Out Conference Room Sets, Sweat the Small Stuff
When it comes to making your event more attendee-centric, even adding a few inches between chairs can go far.
Managing the Epidemic … of the Imposter Syndrome
What the widespread incidence of the imposter syndrome has to do with Convene’s 29th Annual Meetings Market Survey.
Harness 5 Core Traits to Create Resilient Meetings
Has there ever been a live event, conference, or annual meeting without glitches, choke points, or even downright hair-on-fire problems? You can mitigate them by designing your event to follow the path of least resistance.
Overcoming a Global Crisis
The lessons our industry learned from SARS can help us as we face the COVID-19 outbreak.