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Looking Back on a Remarkable, 42-Year Career in Tourism

Kitty Ratcliffe said she ‘bluffed’ her way into her first tourism job — but let the facts speak for themselves: In her more than four decades successfully leading DMOs, including her last 18-year stint — before retiring last month — as president of the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, she earned numerous awards and honors.

3 Ways for Event Planners to Strategically Incorporate AI

Most conversations about the use of artificial intelligence in the events industry focus on use cases that improve workforce productivity and performance for repeatable processes. Here are approaches that not only help you but help your event participants implement AI within their own organizations.

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How to Make Networking Feel Less Intimidating

Attendees rank networking as a top priority for event participation. But many people experience social anxiety that prevents them from participating to the fullest. These experiential networking ideas lessen the fear of getting together.

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Empowering Latinx Nonprofits in the Fundraising World

Fundraising Con Ganas, a two-day conference geared toward helping small- and medium-sized Latinx-focused nonprofits, addresses an industry inequity and ensures that what participants learn has organization-wide impact.

In Search of Something Better for the Events Industry

We asked event professionals to open up to us about the deeply ingrained ways in which the industry does business that need rethinking — and to consider: If we eliminate those sacred cows, what should we do instead?

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