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The Hard Work of Intentional Listening
Intentional listening is the key to effective and meaningful communication at work and home, but it seems to be a rare practice. Listening coach and educator Sandra Bodin-Lerner wants to change that.
2024 Showcase
Co-located with Business Events Industry Week, Showcase is an annual one-day event that invites Business Event Strategists to connect with industry partners through immersive booth experiences that will bring back
Why Organizations Are Choosing to Meet in Controversial Destinations
Instead of canceling their events at — or boycotting — politically polarized host destinations, organizations are choosing to show up and speak up, in a show of support.
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.
Clintons Stress Value of F2F Meetings to Combat Divisiveness
During a Convening Leaders 2024 fireside chat, President Bill Clinton and 67th Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed the need for fostering human connections — and how that happens at in-person events.
Nina Schick: ‘The Business Events Industry Must Be Vigilant’ Concerning AI
Main Stage presenter Nina Schick applies her AI expertise to the events industry in a pre-Convening Leaders Convene interview.
A Deeper Dive Into our Salary Survey Data
Here’s a closer look at who responded — according to their professional roles — to Convene’s 2023 Salary Survey.
Six Event Trends We’re Watching in 2024
Each year, Convene’s editors pick one trend — it can be in the headlines or flying under the radar — they think will have an impact on business events in the coming year. Here's what we’ll be following in 2024.