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Who Organized the Event Better — Humans or AI?
Humans faced off against AI in an event-planning competition at PCMA Convening Leaders 2024, and the result of the exercise shines a light on industry gaps and opportunities.
20 Bright Ideas for Personalizing Attendee Experiences
Real-world examples of ways to make sure your event attendees don’t get lost in the crowd at large events.
How AI Could Help Build Better Meeting Spaces — Online and IRL
VML Intelligence’s Future 100 trend forecast spotlights “Imagination Stores,” digital retail spaces created with the help of gen AI. How might that trend translate to the business events industry?
Digging Deeper: Inside EAA’s Conference on Archaeology and History
How the European Association of Archaeologists’ annual conference in Belfast wove Northern Ireland’s rich history — and its current residents — into its program.
Learning to Listen
Listening is a skill essential to the knowledge exchange that takes place at business events, but how can organizers cultivate better listening behavior among our audiences? Convene reached out to four listening experts and one of the world’s top experts on coaching for their advice.
Brooke Eby’s Inspiring ALS Journey: Leveraging Social Media, Humor, Events, and Company Support
When she was diagnosed with ALS, Brooke Eby turned to social media and humor to bring awareness and research funding to the disease. Her employer gave her a much bigger platform — including the Dreamforce conference stage — to share her message.
One Surprising Trend Shaping Work in 2024
No, it’s not hybrid work or gen AI. It speaks to the polarized world we live in and how that is felt in the workplace.
Clear Roles, Effective Collaboration With the RACI Matrix
Here’s a simple project-management tool that can help streamline internal communications — and clarify accountability — for annual meetings.
Indigenous Artwork Gives Visual Identity to HIV Science Conference
When the International AIDS Society commissioned a local artist for its conference logo, it did more than honor the Indigenous population of host city Brisbane. It helped raise awareness of that community’s challenges with HIV.
5 Small Event Tweaks to Create Big Returns
These easy-to-implement ideas will make your attendees’ experience more personalized and highly engaging.
What Event Attendees Want Now
A new Freeman Trends Report looks at what attendees want from events in 2024 — and it is not more of the same.
Why Curiosity and Attention Are the Secrets to Coaching
Author, coaching expert, leading management thinker — and Convening EMEA 2024 keynote speaker — Michael Bungay Stanier reveals the transformative power of asking the right questions. And then, really listening to the answers.