Two New API Event Profs Groups Launch on Social Media
Asian Pacific Islander event profs and allies now have a place to go on social media to spur discussion of, and solutions to, their specific challenges.
Designing Diverse Meetings: 6 Strategies
A panel of experts shares tactics and tips on how to design a truly diverse and inclusive meeting.
LGBT Meeting Professionals Association Thrives
The LGBT Meeting Professionals Association has grown in the almost four years since it was founded to 2,000 members from 43 countries.
5 Tips for More Inclusive Meetings
Meetings pro Leslie Zeck shares easy-to-implement practices to help ensure inclusive, equitable and diverse meetings.
15 Ways to Design Inclusive and Accessible Online Events
Accessible online events and event websites are essential to reach your full audience — including those with disabilities. Here are 15 ways to make your online events and meeting websites inclusive for all. Build...
A Discussion About Diversity
After all this time—and endless discussion—why is diversity still not a given in this industry?
Why is it that so many associations and supplier organizations in our industry—where women are overwhelmingly the majority—have male leaders?...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: How Event Industry Associations Are Supporting DEI Initiatives
MPI, PCMA and ASAE are taking diversity, equity and inclusion seriously — and have a plethora of resources meeting professionals can take advantage of in drafting and implementing DEI initiatives of their own.
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Women-Focused Meeting Industry Groups
These three women-focused meeting industry groups are places women can network, learn from one another, and help each other advance their careers.
Inspiration for International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, we have compiled some of our most inspiring articles for you.
WINiT Names Top 50 Women in Travel
“These women have been selected in part for their dedication to reaching a hand out to help other women rise in the industry as well.”
Gender Gap Still Exists
Although strives regarding gender have been made, many fields are still widely male-dominated, and the event industry is no exception.
Questions About Race Addressed
Seven Black executives from destination marketing organizations across the country partnered on a video to share their experiences and encourage an open dialogue about race.
Events Industry Speaks Out
As the nation, and the world, reels from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the events industry is responding.
SITE Fights for Women Speakers
Annamaria Ruffini, past president of SITE, is fighting for women speakers and calling for a boycott of meetings where the faculty is exclusively male.