A new study shows that while employees are more aware of their organizations’ policies around ethics, that hasn’t necessarily translated into a higher comfort level reporting concerns or incidents of policy breaches. We spoke to a consultant on how organizers can create and communicate an effective support system at their events.

According to our soon-to-be-published annual Meetings Market Survey, three out of five planners are including sustainability requirements in their RFPs, in addition to bolstering other efforts to check their events’ carbon footprint.

Recent developments and tools that can help make it easier for meeting organizers to calculate and communicate the risks of extreme heat to meeting attendees.

The first-ever Convene 4 Climate, held earlier this month in Barcelona, began with a TED-style talk by bonafide sustainability pioneer Paul Dickinson.

One key connection between DEI and sustainability is a shared commitment to challenging the status quo. While technology can help us solve some issues, it alone isn’t enough. We need to think and act in new ways.

We take a deeper dive into Freeman’s latest Event Organizer Trends Report to explore the gaps between what planners think attendees are looking for when it comes to networking and what eventgoers actually say they care about — plus, share some examples of how innovative organizers are giving them more of what they want.

Research shows traditional networking methods don’t work for women. A growing number of female-only events and spaces are trying to get it right.

Planners share how they are being more intentional about helping their event participants make more meaningful connections.

From its session for first-time attendees to constituent roundtables and Connect and Collaborate sessions, the National Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Meeting focuses on helping its 2,000 attendees find — and connect with — their peers.

The creator of Braindate, a platform that links event participants with shared interests, on what attendees are looking for now.

A session that served to reconnect attendees after the pandemic has become an essential element of the Exponent Philanthropy Annual Conference program.

Convene breaks down the secret sauce behind the Female Quotient’s sassy style of pop-up Equality Lounges.