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People on the Move
Geoffrey Sauer and Tom Mitchell Messe Düsseldorf North America has named Geoffrey Sauer as its next CEO and President. Effective August 17, Tom Mitchell, who has served as president since 1993, will work alongside Sauer. Sauer spent more than a decade with RX...
A New Digital Tool for Adding More Trust Into Event Marketing
Collaborative Posts could help event marketers be more intentional about keeping important conversations going after an event. Photo: Adobe Stock For years, we have created event marketing posts, tagged speakers or influential members of our communities, and then...
Keys to a Successful Succession
When a publishing association’s executive director decided to leave, he gave its board something it had lacked: a long runway. In early 2023, Brian O’Leary decided he was going to retire in 2026. He had been serving as executive director of the Book Industry Study...
Creating Space: Reflections on Informal Leadership
By Taylor Savage Sometimes, the most powerful leadership lessons arrive long before the title. Stepping into a formal leadership role has given me a chance to reflect on the people who shaped me long before I had the title. The biggest...
Omar Johnson: In the AI Era, Human Judgment Is the Real Differentiator
Omar Johnson Omar Johnson has spent his career building brands. He has served as a vice president at Apple, CMO of Beats by Dre, and a manager at Nike, at Coca-Cola, Campbell’s, and Kraft. He has also invested in and advised dozens of startups and served on boards,...
DEI Under Pressure
In 2025, diversity speaker and consultant Risha Grant lost most of the business that it had taken her three decades to build. Grant founded her own online platform to deliver her message. Photo courtesy Risha Grant Risha Grant describes herself as “diversity...
