CodeMash’s move to make the tech conference more accessible and affordable led to a family-friendly event that spawned the spin-off KidzMash just for attendees’ children.

Energy Disruptors: UNITE is an immersive energy sector summit that aims to bring together diverse voices — along with an unexpected infusion of the arts — to spark change.

What’s the difference between planner respondents to this year’s Salary Survey who are happy in their jobs and those who are not? It doesn’t seem to be how they feel about the intrinsic nature of the role — which, even the most satisfied planners said, is challenging and demanding. It’s the organizations they work for.

Here’s how a team of IT professionals used a spare office wall and sticky notes to prevent individual team members from getting overloaded — and to move projects along or kill them off. Also: how you could do the same.

A growing number of meeting organizers and destinations have expanded their efforts to recognize and include Indigenous people, and their knowledge and culture, in their events.

At WasteExpo 2024 in Las Vegas, organizers built engagement brick by brick with a LEGO wall — then donated all 18,000 LEGO pieces to a local non-profit helping children.

The Inner Development Goals lay out a framework based upon strengthening human skillsets to help people be a positive force for change in society.

Amazon’s recent announcement that employees will be required to work from the office five days a week in 2025 sparked renewed — and heated — debate about the hybrid workplace. What has changed about hybrid work policies over the past year for event organizers?

More ideas about how to create more intentional networking at events came our way than we were able to fit in our upcoming September/October print issue on that topic. So we’ll be sharing contributions from event planners in our newsletters. Here’s the first.

A 100-strong herd of Indian elephant replicas — the Great Elephant Migration — makes its way to New York City, spreading a message of animal/human coexistence, and also of sustainability.

Attendees of an educational conference tied to North America’s largest waste and recycling trade show loved the reusable coffee cups, the show’s manager said, and the results were worth the effort.

The focus on learning how to use AI in the workplace shouldn’t come at the expense of cultivating soft skills — it’s humans who inhabit the workplace, after all.