Tablets Are a Planner’s Best Friend
Managing mountains of paper as part of your meeting planner job is a thing of the past. So why, then, are so many planners still doing it?
What Will the Next Generation of Exhibit Booths Look Like?
Everything from the use of 3D-printed booths and booths made of recycled materials will leave attendees questioning how trade shows were ever considered wasteful.
Starting an Event Planning Business Isn’t for Sissies
What does it take to start an event-planning business? Plenty of grit for starters, says Marley Majcher, CEO of Party Goddess, a high-end, West Coast event planning company that is popular with celebrities.
Try Fear Setting Instead of Goal Setting to Achieve Success
Instead of goal setting, why don't you try fear setting this New Year's?
Hello, Siri: How Could Humanistic AI Change Event Networking?
Some are fearful AI will take over human jobs, while others are embracing the technology at an unprecedented rate.
Are You Ready to Explore Virtual Reality?
During a trade show, exhibitors can use VR to introduce attendees to products such as a ship or jet that can be difficult to transport to the exhibition floor.
The Smart Business of Intentional Event Design
When you are taken care of as a participant, your ability to make connections to other humans, and to the learning you are experience is stronger.
Sustainable Actions That Enhance Green Meetings
As green meetings become the standard, there are always new ways to incorporate sustainability that some planners have yet to consider.
How Changing Your Mind Can Be Beneficial for Planners
What if being indecisive or changing your mind wasn’t necessarily a bad thing?
Overcoming Event Uncertainty with Emotional Intelligence Techniques
How can event professionals, whose job it it is to eliminate as much meeting or event uncertainty from the outcomes as much as possible, deal with the uncertainty factor?
Is Humane Technology Within the Realm of Human Possibility?
Tristan Harris, a former Google “design ethicist” who recently co-founded the Center for Humane Technology, is shaking up society’s tech obsession.
Will Sophrology Takeover the Mindful Meetings Trend?
Sophrology combines yoga, Tibetan Buddhism, Japanese Zen, hypnosis, psychology and neurology with a more dynamic approach to stress relief.
Getting Keen on Curbing Event Food Waste
There is perhaps no single thing planners can do to make their events more sustainable and less wasteful than to curb food waste. Read how one successful planner is doing just that.
Design Thinking: A Creative Way for Planners to Get Unstuck
Thinking like a designer can help organizations develop products, services, processes and strategy by using creative tools—i.e., stories, drawings, stickers, you name it—to address challenges.
