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Speaker Registration Fees and AI Policies at Events
Two questions from members of the PCMA Catalyst Community: Do speakers pay a registration fee for the events where they are speaking, and what is your AI policy for a medical conference.
‘Networking Is a Verb’
We take a deeper dive into Freeman’s latest Event Organizer Trends Report to explore the gaps between what planners think attendees are looking for when it comes to networking and what eventgoers actually say they care about — plus, share some examples of how innovative organizers are giving them more of what they want.
Is It Time to Revamp Your Social Media Strategy?
Younger attendees are using social platforms as search engines and, in the process, discovering brands. Here are four tips to help event brands drive engagement and boost attendance numbers in this new era of social media.
Including and Honoring Indigenous People
A growing number of meeting organizers and destinations have expanded their efforts to recognize and include Indigenous people, and their knowledge and culture, in their events.
Architects of Connection
Planners share how they are being more intentional about helping their event participants make more meaningful connections.
Building Authentic Connections: The Human-Centric Vision of C2 Montréal
Since it launched in 2012, the C2 Montréal conference — conceived by creative agency Sid Lee in partnership with Cirque du Soleil — has set a high bar for daringly different session formats, environments, and approaches to connecting diverse participants. How has that evolved?
Event Attendees ‘Don’t Want to Waste Their Time Anymore’
The creator of Braindate, a platform that links event participants with shared interests, on what attendees are looking for now.
Are You Delivering What the Next-Gen Attendee Wants?
A new Freeman trends report measures the gaps between the way organizers design their event programs and the preferences of a new generation of event attendees — and what the most innovative event organizers do differently.
Why Are These Women-Only Networking Spaces So Popular?
Convene breaks down the secret sauce behind the Female Quotient’s sassy style of pop-up Equality Lounges.
3 Things That Keep Event Planners Awake at Night
Development Counsellors International’s latest study sheds light on current challenges facing planners, as well as their preferences and behaviors around site selection.
FTC’s New Impersonation Rule Means to Stop Scammers
Members of the PCMA Catalyst Community share how their organizations deal with companies posing as authorized partners of their events — and how the ‘Government and Business Impersonation Rule’ can help.
How Fair Is It to Compare Generative AI Tools?
When a competition pitted Spark AI against other gen AI tools, it became clear that the outcomes depend more on the users than the tools themselves.