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How This One-Day Festival Creates an Engaged Community Year-Round
Organizers of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival have kept up a digital initiative from the COVID years to extend the festival’s reach globally and to keep the community connected.
Inside a Gathering of Finance Officers
In April, the Native American Finance Officers Association held its 43rd annual conference in New Orleans, marrying tech and tradition to maximize engagement.
This Week Оn Тhe Convene Podcast: DEI Politics, Radical Joy at WorldPride, and Lessons From Fyre Festival 2
This week’s Convene Podcast unpacks how to navigate DEI backlash, how radical joy was infused into the Human Rights Conference, and what Fyre Festival 2 teaches us about trust in events.
3 Practical Use Cases for AI at Events
Concurrent sessions are the meat and potatoes of professional conferences. Use AI to improve the recipe.
5 Secrets for Designing an Event That Will Engage Every Attendee
These field-tested tips will help event strategists engage attendees and keep them coming back.
Miami Beach Is Getting a New Convention Headquarters Hotel
With the Grand Hyatt Miami Beach, a bold new chapter in Miami meetings and conventions begins soon.
How Sydney Is Making Business Events a Catalyst for Social Change
Business Events Sydney’s progressive new strategy is helping meetings leave a long-lasting impact by shaping careers and strengthening communities.
Membership Dip Tied to Events
A mid-year update from Marketing General Inc. shows some softening in membership growth and renewals among associations across sectors — and draws a solid line to lower conference attendance.
This Negative TikTok Became a Teachable Moment
How a TikTok video berating hotel and conference staff at the National Federation of the Blind’s convention was turned into a learning opportunity.
Science Conferences Bucking the Trend
Record attendance at two major global scientific conferences — despite domestic funding cuts and travel headaches for international attendees — demonstrates the resilience of the scientific community and strategic thinking on the part of organizers.
This Week Оn Тhe Convene Podcast: DEI Backlash, Belonging in Divided Times, and Lessons From a Wild Science Conference
This week’s Convene Podcast explores how Minneapolis is standing strong on DEI, how Cameron Curtis sees belonging take shape in divided times, and what the world’s wildest science conference teaches us about when “weird” works in events.
Convene’s 2025 Meetings Market Survey: How Are You Shaping the Future of Events?
We want to know what’s helping — and hurting — your ability to plan, innovate, and deliver events in today’s evolving economic, geopolitical, and tech landscape. Take our annual survey to help set the industry’s benchmark.