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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.
Looking Ahead: Embracing the Future
Business events are at the epicenter of the technology boom. Let’s capitalize on the opportunities that brings.
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.
The Spark: Events Need Element of Surprise
Your participants aren’t looking for predictability at your events.
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
Looking Ahead: Confronting Homelessness
Our industry — and our world — has a problem. Let’s work together as only we can to help solve it.
Who Does Your Association Conference Serve?
Your conference is for professionals — not the elite membership.
‘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.
Looking Ahead: Let’s Be Fierce
How do we make our workplaces more inclusive? We can start by having real conversations.
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.
Assessing the Power of Business Events
Beyond supporting the economy, our industry spurs social change.
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.