Inspired by Convening Leaders 2019, event professional Jillian Cardinal launched The Eventprofs Book Club to keep connections — and thought-provoking conversations — going between meetings

Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, offers guidance on how to work productively at home, manage virtual meetings, and lead teams from a distance.

Author and consultant Whitney Johnson shares how, when ‘you learn, you leap, and you repeat,’ you will help drive innovation.

The inaugural escape room experience at the annual gathering of the American College of Chest Physicians proved that learning lifesaving lessons can be a highly experiential activity.

With ‘a celebration of science’ as its goal, the American Association for the Advancement of Science embraces all ages and learning preferences.

To better engage its members at its Annual Meeting, the Society of General Internal Medicine went old school in its approach.

The American Geophysical Union invited student scientists to its 2019 Fall Meeting through a NASA-sponsored competition to create data visualizations — using NASA data.

Dante’s medieval poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ provided an unusual backdrop for a highly interactive gathering of pediatricians.

Here’s how a biomedical research hackathon at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas reshuffled the traditional hierarchies of researchers, students, and practitioners.

Traditional science conference formats are heavy on one-way presentations, rather than interactive dialogue. But at Science Foo Camp, the attendees shape the conversation.

Tweaking poster formats, presentation slides, and name-badges at the International Health Economics Association pre-congress eased audience pain points.

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) put its annual congress posters online, increasing engagement and the reach of its 19th World Congress of Psychiatry.

The American Chemical Society lowers registration fee for students with losing revenue, ensuring students are not priced out of its annual meeting.

When designing the SITE 2020 Global Conference, Tahira Endean wanted to showcase Vancouver in new and different ways. So she sent participants to unexpected local businesses and venues.

Pushing the envelope at SITE’s 2020 Global Conference meant understanding how people react in a live event environment and designing to get positive responses.

Here are five characteristics that distinguish successful leadership conferences for women from other kinds of events.

Megachurches display six characteristics that speak to the events industry — from admissions policies to entertainment value to their use of technology.

Ideas Fair at the Travel and Tourism Research Association’s annual conference elevates the typical poster presentation into an interactive game that nearly all attendees — academics and practitioners alike — plays.

The Dog Writers Association of America has been “celebrating everything dog” for 85 years with an annual evening of networking, educational sessions, and a celebration of its writing competition.

As last-minute cancellations around COVID-19 increased, some quick-thinking venues and organizers have come up with creative solutions for a big problem — what to do with all the leftover food?

Recognizing what questions your attendees want answered during uncertain times can help you take the right tone and tack in your communications.

Run the World, an online events startup, is arriving just as COVID-19 is accelerating interest in online events. Company founders say they will waive set-up fees for events moving online due to the virus.

Jason Dunn, new board chairman at the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners, talks about the state of diversity and inclusion within the meetings industry.