Event Strategy & Design

From the physical set-up to the way you orchestrate sessions and interaction, we help you put the latest smart thinking into practice to create environments and experiences that have an impact.

Five Ways to Take Ownership of Your Learning

Dave Lutz, CMP, on how to get the most out of learning opportunities at events like Convening Leaders 2017.

January 4, 2017

Predicting 2017

Here is what you need to know to success in this year’s ‘customer-led, digital-centric’ market.

BY Deborah Sexton January 3, 2017

What Will the Trump Administration Mean for Meetings?

Convene talked to two industry veterans about what the incoming administration might mean for meetings and events — and got two different views.

BY Christopher Durso January 3, 2017

The ‘United Nations for Startups’

The StartUp Grind 2017 Global Conference brings together startup founder from 87 countries.

BY Corin Hirsch January 3, 2017

Inside the Scientific Innovation at NAME 2016

Here’s our post-mortem on the National Assocation of Medical Examiners 2016 Annual Meeting.

BY Corin Hirsch January 3, 2017

Multi-Hub Meetings Combine Convenience of Digital, Camaraderie of Face-to-Face

An emerging model combines the convenience of digital with the camaraderie of face-to-face.

BY David McMillin January 3, 2017

How the International Baking Industry Expo Keeps from Getting Stale

For coal miners, it was a canary that warned of trouble. For the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE), it was the Twinkie. When Hostess, the venerable snack food’s parent company, declared

BY Christopher Durso January 3, 2017

A Hacker Walks Into a Beehive

Could the Internet of Things help solve the global decline in bee populations? A CiscoDevNet hackathon sets out to show that it can.

BY Corin Hirsch January 3, 2017

Transforming a Biennial Congress Into an Annual Global Event

With attendance growing, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis strategically reshuffled its meetings calendar.

BY Michelle R. Davis January 3, 2017

Breakout Room of One’s Own: Medical, Scientific Groups Creating Meeting Spaces

Medical and scientific organizations are creating their own purpose-built conference facilities — both to host their own programs and generate revenue from other groups.

January 3, 2017

How to Put Remote Attendees in ‘Middle of the Action’

Jennifer Kingen Kush, DES, explains how the Digital Experience Institute creates engagement for online attendees at Convening Leaders LIVE.

BY Convene Editors January 3, 2017

How Future of Storytelling Can Change Ways We Meet

New York City’s Future of StoryTelling Summit explores how cutting-edge technology puts audiences at the center of the action. And asks the question: Isn’t that where meeting participants belong, too?

BY Barbara Palmer January 3, 2017

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