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Making Your Events Inclusive for Neurodiverse Attendees
The CEO of an organization founded to amplify autistic voices shares how to make events more welcoming to neurodivergent people.
Conference Reimagines Downtown by Expanding Beyond Chicago’s ‘Loop’
The pandemic accelerated problems facing cities around the world. Here’s how one organization’s annual event — in its design and program — is helping to usher in “a whole new era of city building.”
Identifying Key Conference Attendees for Growth
In his book Customer Centricity, Wharton’s Peter Fader writes that “in the world of customer centricity, there are good customers — and then there is pretty much everybody else.” He recommends focusing on and investing in retaining the former, while not ignoring the latter.
‘Let’s Have These Conversations’ About Civil Rights
An annual summer event produced by the Big Ten Conference for student athletes brings the United States’ civil rights history to life.
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.
News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas
We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week.
Hey Chatbot, What’s the Wi-Fi Password?
Say hello to the new generation of event chatbots powered by conversational AI.
Meetings Market Survey 2023: ‘The Work Has Gotten Very Difficult’
Respondents to our Meetings Market Survey — which we brought back after a COVID-induced break — shared that the post-COVID business environment brings a host of challenges that have yet to work themselves out. And they are feeling simultaneously anxious and excited about the future of the business events industry.
News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas
We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week.
People on the Move
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.
How Event Professionals Are Feeling About Their Jobs
As part of our 30th Meetings Market Survey, event professionals shared how outside forces and internal changes are affecting how they feel about their jobs, and what worries and excites them about the future.
Scrap Giant Makes E-Waste Problem Impossible to Ignore
A nearly 20-foot-tall, 1-ton sculpture made of discarded electronics was the centerpiece of a first-ever Sustainability Village at a global consumer electronics and home appliances trade show.