News & Trends

What’s happening — or coming up next — in the meetings and events world and beyond.

Two Ways MTV’s Video Music Awards Embraced the Moment — And One Way It Didn’t

The MTV Video Music Awards was one of the first major award shows to be held since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Here’s how MTV managed to safely pull off a socially distanced event.

BY Casey Gale August 31, 2020

Why Expos Don’t Convert Well to Virtual

The exhibit revenue model is based on selling real estate — the larger the lot and better the location, the more we can charge our anchor exhibitors. Unfortunately, that doesn’t translate well to the virtual space.

BY Dave Lutz, CMP August 31, 2020

Meals on Wheels

Virtual attendees at the 3rd Annual Food on Demand Conference sought guidance on how to manage the cost of using delivery services with their business so severely impacted by COVID-19.

BY Casey Gale August 31, 2020

Risha Grant on Inclusion: ‘Wade Right Into Your BS’

Diversity is not a problem — it’s a strength, says entrepreneur and speaker Risha Grant. “Inclusion,” she said, “is where we suck.”

BY Barbara Palmer August 28, 2020

Clean Bill of Health

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was able to safely convene a 450-person face-to-face event using a health-screening tool for attendees.

BY Danica Tormohlen August 28, 2020

How Reed Exhibitions is Holding Itself Accountable for Diversity and Inclusion

Reed Exhibitions recently appointed Ron Walden, group vice president of strategic partnerships and activation of Reed Exhibitions USA, as its first global executive sponsor for race.

BY Casey Gale August 27, 2020

Scrubbing ‘Cannibalize’ From Our Industry Vernacular

The results of the latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard survey show that both planners and suppliers increasingly see a future where small groups meet in person and a much larger audience experiences the event online — and the two complement each other.

BY Convene Editors August 26, 2020

Thinking Inside the Box

How one virtual conference broke up a full day of screen-gazing with an “experience box” that had been delivered to participants’ homes, containing items to be unveiled at particular times during the day-long event.

BY Michelle Russell August 25, 2020

The DNC’s High-Stakes Experiment

Five takeaways from the country’s first digital political convention.

BY Barbara Palmer August 24, 2020

CMEs at Virtual Events: A Live Versus on-Demand Challenge

As the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis has learned, offering CMEs at virtual events comes with different requirements, depending on when the sessions are viewed.

BY Casey Gale August 24, 2020

A Hybrid Event Playbook for 2021

The good news is you have more control over your next event than you may think. But you need to develop a strategy.

BY Don Neal August 24, 2020

Getting the Timing of Virtual Events Right

How can virtual meetings accommodate attendees joining in from different time zones? Members of the PCMA Catalyst community recently discussed options.

BY Convene Editors August 24, 2020

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