In the July-August Convene issue, editors asked event professionals from around the world to share their sacred cows — those event practices or traditions that they think are out-of-date and need to be overhauled or replaced — and their solutions. Here we share the...

Huddles offer participants a chance to brainstorm challenges, provide a sounding board for future opportunities, and empower idea generation. When explaining Huddles, John Schlaefli starts off by saying what the concept is not: “What we absolutely don’t do is we don’t...

We’ve all sat through awkward and boring presentations. The speaker probably was making at least one of these common mistakes.

We’ve all sat through awkward and boring presentations. The speaker probably was making at least one of these common mistakes.

We’ve all sat through awkward and boring presentations. The speaker probably was making at least one of these common mistakes.

We’ve all sat through awkward and boring presentations. The speaker probably was making at least one of these common mistakes.