Speaking News You Can USE!

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...
Bringing the Maker Movement to Events

Bringing the Maker Movement to Events

Maker Faire Shanghai is one of hundreds of Maker Faires that take place around the globe each year. Dale Dougherty started noticing “all these people doing cool projects” in the early 2000s, he told Convene. “I was just fascinated by them. They were so interested in...

read more
Columbus Reimagined for Summer 2024 Events

Columbus Reimagined for Summer 2024 Events

The Short North Arts District brims with galleries, shopping spots, restaurants, bars, and in the summer, special events. Columbus is teeming with culture, diversity, arts and foodie hot spots — which is why you should consider this dynamic destination while planning...

read more

A Path to Improve Board Diversity

A new report shows that nonprofits still struggle to broaden the range of people who participate in governance. Change begins with an open conversation about challenges. Four years after a very vocal and intense public conversation around diversity, how far have we...

read more

Make a Difference All Year

Editorial Note: Originally published in the May 2024 issue of Trade Show Executive magazine. With ECA Legislative Action Day taking place this month, industry leaders have a golden opportunity to play a crucial role in shaping our business environment through direct...

read more

Level Up Your Event Marketing Strategy for 2024

Level Up Your Event Marketing Strategy for 2024 Event interactions create powerful and memorable connections between brands and consumers in our noisy world of impersonal digital outreach. To make your events stand out and captivate your attendees, it’s essential to...

read more