Event Strategy & Design
Welcome to the ‘Convene Club’
Convene created a place for hosted sponsors and partners to meet, work, or just take a load off at Convening Leaders 2017.
The RSA Conference: Big and Getting Bigger
How the RSA Conference plans to expand Its impact In 2017
Improving the Odds for Teachers
The American Statistical Association uses a volunteer initiative at its annual conference to train teachers on how to get statistical concepts across to students.
Mastering the Art of Online Education
What does it take to develop an engaging online course?
How Airbnb Open Is Changing the Attendee Experience
The peer-to-peer sharing platform has disrupted the hotel industry. Are meetings next?
Inside Emojicon 2016, 1st Conference Designed Around ‘Picture Characters’
Emoji may be adorable, but with billions sent each year, they also carry enormous social, political, and cultural weight.
A ‘Shark Tank’ for the Travel Industry
The Phocuswright Innovation Platform is reinventing how innovators find funding.
Dorri McWhorter on Breaking out of the Bubble
A Social Hologram
Attendees frolicked with hologram technology at Convening Leaders — and imagined potential uses.
3 Tips to Jump-Start Your Meeting’s Next Redesign
Hitting the ‘refresh’ button isn’t always easy. Stacey Chang, executive director of the Design Institute for Health at the University of Texas at Austin, has some concrete advice for getting started.
Watson, Mix Me a Drink. You Know What I Like.
During Austin’s South by Southwest Interactive Festival 2016, IBM demonstrated how sensory analytics and personalization can be used to amp up an event.
Designing Corporate Events With Sales Professionals in Mind
A well-designed event can shave months — or even years — from a sales cycle.