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Transforming Old Models Into New Ideas in Toronto
Innovation, health, and safety are at the forefront of every meeting in Toronto, and rethinking events in light of the pandemic is bringing out the best of the destination.
Thomas Friedman on How to Thrive A.C. — After Coronavirus
The globalization expert talks with Convening Leaders participants on what to expect and how to adapt to the coming explosion of innovation.
Making the Most Out of Their ‘Pandemic Pivot’
Convening Leaders speaker Daphne Hoppenot launched her online event marketplace, The Vendry, less than a year before the pandemic. In her session, she recaps how she built the startup and how the 7 Change Actions to Transformation guided her team when forced to change course.
An Exercise in Expanding the Life of Event Content
In an interactive, on-demand Convening Leaders session, participants will gain insights about getting more value from event content.
Destination Cleveland is Committed to Welcoming Events Back to the City
Collaborating with the major healthcare institutions in the area, Destination Cleveland unveiled an initiative committed to the health and safety of visitors.
Digital Experience Makers: 3. Talk To Me in Numbers
Using Convening Leaders 2021 as her example, Heather Mason outlines the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will determine the event’s success, and how strategic decisions were made using data. With this framework, you don’t have to ask for a seat at the leadership table. You can bring your own damn chair! Because you’re not just producing an event, you’re delivering tangible value for your organization.
Louisville Poised to Make Impressive Comeback in 2021
Despite a tumultuous year, Louisville's Metropolitan Statistical Area is adding significantly to its hotel stock with 6,000 new rooms proposed, coming soon, or added in the past 18 months.
Digital Experience Makers: 2. Global or Bust
Your hybrid event platform is just great technology, right? Wrong. Partnering with your platform provider is the biggest opportunity for event managers in 2021. Engagement, attendance, registration, sponsorships, and even your event budget – can all be influenced by the selection of the right (or wrong) hybrid event platform. What’s important? What’s not?
Tap Into the Next Gen of Meetings With Experience Columbus
Meetings changed forever in 2020 when physical safety and cleanliness became central to all events. Experience Columbus is committed to ensuring that safety also includes eradicating social injustice and racism.
Digital Experience Makers: 1. Leading in Pajamas
You can’t navigate a global pandemic in the events industry without evaluating new business models, new methods of engagement, adapting your communication strategy, and taking risks with technologies built for times like these.
Lessons Learned From Planning Singapore’s First Hybrid Event
Journalist and Web in Travel (WiT) founder Yeoh Siew Hoon on why events should tell a story, the benefits of starting at square one again, and why organizers should share their successes and failures.
Embracing Change Is Austin’s Hallmark
Austin has a lot of notable developments in store for 2021, starting with sponsoring leadership speaker Daron Roberts and a battle of the DJs at PCMA’s Convening Leaders.