What Event Sponsors Want

At a Lippman Connects Exhibitor Roundtable session, participants were given benchmarks to understand the new exhibitor landscape — and a simple checklist to help potential sponsors and exhibitors make the decision to invest in their shows.

News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Is your cell phone distracting you at work and slowing your productivity? (Not if you're using it to read us online.) That and other career-related news in this week’s roundup of workplace advice and trends curated by the editors of of Convene.

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Academic Conferences Tackle the Taylor Swift Phenomenon

Taylor Swift’s fans are legion, but she has also attracted the attention of academia: In the past six months, two successful academic conferences have been built around discussing her impact on the economy and pop culture.

Matthew Johnson, CMP

Matthew Johnson, CMP, Manager of Event Planning at Medscape and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2024, explains why he chose the events industry as his career and what advice he uses every day.

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

Survey Explores Speaker and Planner Dynamics

The “2024 Speaking Industry Benchmark Report” offers insights into the current state of the relationship between planners and speakers — and how speaker selection factors into an event’s success.

News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

Conferences can be overwhelming for some, but with a little planning they also can be productive and fun. Here's how. That and other advice in this week’s roundup of career-related news and trends curated by the editors of Convene.

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