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What Do the Top 100 Events of 2018 Tell Us? Plenty for Your Event Design

Plenty. I’ve distilled just a few things to incorporate in your own event design.

BY Don Neal November 29, 2018

Looking Ahead: Embracing the Future

Business events are at the epicenter of the technology boom. Let’s capitalize on the opportunities that brings.

October 31, 2018

Behind the Scenes: ‘An Uncomfortable Position’

Event technologies can help make events run more smoothly, but that’s not the only kind of experience we should be designing for participants.

BY Michelle Russell October 24, 2018

The Spark: Events Need Element of Surprise

Your participants aren’t looking for predictability at your events.

BY Don Neal October 24, 2018

Homelessness is a Shared Problem — and on All of Us

This summer, an article about a conference for physicians pulling out of its host city because attendees felt unsafe walking the streets of San Francisco — where open drug illness

BY Michelle Russell September 26, 2018

Looking Ahead: Confronting Homelessness

Our industry — and our world — has a problem. Let’s work together as only we can to help solve it.

BY Sherrif Karamat September 26, 2018

Who Does Your Association Conference Serve?

Your conference is for professionals — not the elite membership.

BY Dave Lutz, CMP September 12, 2018

‘A Day of Reckoning’ — How Events are Changing the World

Our September cover story showcases three international events, two of which launched this year to address the challenge of human migration from completely different disciplines. All three hinge on bringing together perspectives from all over the world to focus on solutions to our most pressing issues.

BY Michelle Russell September 4, 2018

Looking Ahead: Let’s Be Fierce

How do we make our workplaces more inclusive? We can start by having real conversations.

BY Sherrif Karamat September 4, 2018

Behind the Scenes: Events Business, Tourism are Different Species

Both the role of event professionals and the business of events are being transformed. You told us so.

BY Michelle Russell August 1, 2018

Assessing the Power of Business Events

Beyond supporting the economy, our industry spurs social change.

BY Sherrif Karamat August 1, 2018

3 New Ways to Think About Professional Events — That All Start with ‘I’

If the 3 C’s aren’t the foundation of professional events anymore, what is? Consider the 3 I’s – Insight, Intentionality, and Intimacy.

BY Don Neal August 1, 2018

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