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

A new Freeman trends report measures the gaps between the way organizers design their event programs and the preferences of a new generation of event attendees — and what the most innovative event organizers do differently.

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

Development Counsellors International’s latest study sheds light on current challenges facing planners, as well as their preferences and behaviors around site selection.

Event and hospitality workers are playing a big role in helping devastated areas throughout the Southeast recover from Hurricane Helene. In the Gulf, Category-5 Milton threatens to batter Florida’s Gulf Coast once again. Here’s how you can help.

Members of the PCMA Catalyst Community share how their organizations deal with companies posing as authorized partners of their events — and how the ‘Government and Business Impersonation Rule’ can help.

When a competition pitted Spark AI against other gen AI tools, it became clear that the outcomes depend more on the users than the tools themselves.

At LeadsCon Connect, organizers devised a gamified way to deliver on its promise of connecting attendees and exhibitors.

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.

Here’s another idea in our continuing series on networking: NextGen event organizers who attended an afternoon education and networking program were encouraged to wear their favorite T-shirts and come ready to share why — a low-key approach to breaking the ice.

As funding and support for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives decline in the U.S., event professionals consider the consequences for meetings, destinations, and associations.