Behind the Scenes
How Technology Can Help Tell Deeply Human Stories
Here’s a striking example of using technology — 3D holograms to be specific — to preserve human history, for our benefit. Underscore the benefit part.
No Doggy Bag for You: Digging into the Issue of Food Waste
A cooking class — and its no-doggy-bag policy — speaks to the larger issue of how we need to make eliminating food waste a priority at events.
Ageism Remains a Problem in the Workforce
A truly diverse workforce embraces all ages and respects what each generation brings to the table. That’s our challenge in the workspace as well as in business event settings.
Ethical Tech: Questions Alexa Can’t Answer
Tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar says that we don’t think deeply about how tech is changing ‘how we live, love, learn, and even die.’
What’s a (Working) Mother to Do?
Women, recent research says, have to overcome barriers to career advancement once they become mothers. Events shouldn’t add to their hurdles.
Events Must Have a Higher Purpose
The responses to two new survey questions indicate that event professionals have an opportunity to play a bigger role in making the world a better place.
Witnessing an Open-Heart Surgery
We peered through the glass right into the patient’s open chest as the surgery team meticulously did their work — holding the young woman’s heart in their hands, inserting a new valve, replacing a coronary artery, and stitching up.
Report Spotlights 5 Forces Shaping Future of Business Events Industry
A new report helps event organizers design experiences that will resonate with participants today and tomorrow.
Humility Is a Virtue, Says Marketing Guru Seth Godin
The Convening Leaders 2019 Main Stage speaker shares insights from his new book, This Is Marketing, and applies them directly to the events industry.
Behind the Scenes: ‘An Uncomfortable Position’
Event technologies can help make events run more smoothly, but that’s not the only kind of experience we should be designing for participants.
Homelessness is a Shared Problem — and on All of Us
This summer, an article about a conference for physicians pulling out of its host city because attendees felt unsafe walking the streets of San Francisco — where open drug illness
‘A Day of Reckoning’ — How Events are Changing the World
Our September cover story showcases three international events, two of which launched this year to address the challenge of human migration from completely different disciplines. All three hinge on bringing together perspectives from all over the world to focus on solutions to our most pressing issues.