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“If we’re talking about housing development, they probably should know how to swing a hammer and pound a nail.”

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.

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.

“Over the long run we have the power to fill our lives with the things that deserve to be there.”

Face recognition systems are already available to determine someone’s gender, age, ethnicity and even mood.

The microphone is designed to enhance audience engagement because it can be tossed from participant to participant, creating more interactions.

At the very core, attendees have basic human needs that need to be satisfied before moving to the next step.

Forming a mentor-mentee partnership can be beneficial to both parties.

Are you making the most of the public spaces surrounding your event?

Recent studies have shown that approximately 65 percent of people are visual learners. There are lots of underutilized opportunities to engage attendees visually in between sessions, lunches and receptions, says Cynthia Hornketh, CMM, Experient’s VP, experience design.

How did the data company Tableau grow its user conference from 200 to 8,000 attendees in less than eight years?

Increasing audience interaction is key when planning for Millennials, whose epic appetite for engaging experiences can keep planners up at night.

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.

Event crowdsourcing techniques get attendees involved in the action long before the meeting or event begins.