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How to Score Those Sweet Paid Speaking Gigs Like a Boss

Are you tired of talking to your cat about your passion for public speaking? Do you dream of standing in front of a crowd, captivating them with your words, and getting paid big bucks for it? Well, my friend, you're in luck. In this article, I'm going to show you how...

How to Detect a Selfish Leader

It may be the person you see in the mirror—executives often miss the blind spots that let them confuse dominance with collaboration. “I’m a great collaborator—everybody says so.” It’s not hard to detect the flaw in a statement like that. A leader who takes pride in...

Five Tools for Difficult Conversations

Dr. Poornima Luthra is the author of Can I Say That? and The Art of Active Allyship. The world we live in today, characterized by complexity, uncertainty, and change, is also one where rising polarization has made it “really difficult to have conversations at work, at...

What Makes Orlando a Meetings Destination That Keeps Winning

A rendering of the Orange County Convention Center’s Grand Concourse Expansion at the North-South Building. For 11 years and counting, Orlando has been named the No. 1 meetings destination in the U.S. by Cvent — and 2026 makes the case for why. A $560-million...
Event Organizers Double Down on Sustainability

Event Organizers Double Down on Sustainability

Compared to last year’s Meetings Market Survey, almost twice as many event organizer respondents to this year’s survey are including sustainability requirements in their RFPs. There was a backlash against ESG investment and climate change regulation in the U.S. last...

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Strategies for Sustainable Success

Strategies for Sustainable Success

Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2024 takes a deep dive into the inner workings of exhibitions and events with six unique learning tracks from thought leaders such as Rachel Boehm, NBC-HWC, Ph.D. Candidate, Chief Executive Officer of Rachel Boehm...

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New Ways to Help Understand Extreme Heat Risks

New Ways to Help Understand Extreme Heat Risks

Governments and nonprofits are stepping up their efforts to provide tools and resources for both calculating and making the public aware of the risks of extreme heat. Heat stress is the No. 1 weather-related cause of death, according to the World Health Organization —...

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Behind an Association’s Black Friday Sale

Behind an Association’s Black Friday Sale

The International Society of Automation’s annual take on the post-Thanksgiving doorbuster promotion has reaped nondues rewards. Doing it right means being smart about data. Your local big-box store is planning a Black Friday sale. Why isn’t your association?...

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