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Rethinking Events for the Next Gen
The business events industry is evolving fast with the next generation of attendees leading the charge, as noted in a recent IAEE Emerging Leaders Insights Hour where attendees dug deep into CEIR research on next-gen expectations for exhibitions and translated those...
The Hidden Staff Retention Risk Sitting in Your Software Stack
Association leaders have long evaluated technology as an operational question. New workforce data reveals it is also a talent one. Here is a scenario that plays out across the association and nonprofit sector every year: A membership manager, deeply committed to the...
Executive Leader Fellowship Informational Webinar
Join Vince Gennaro, Founder and Executive Director of the NYU SPS Lab for Transformative Leadership, for a 45-minute overview of the new Executive Leader Fellowship from PCMA Institute and the NYU School of Professional Studies. This boardroom-ready, mini-MBA-style...
Choose Cleveland for Meetings That Deliver
The success of a meeting today can depend as much on the host destination as the event content. Cleveland delivers on that expectation with a connected downtown, ongoing development, and a highly supportive planning team—helping meetings run seamlessly and leaving a...
People on the Move
Jan HuttonThe Bermuda Tourism Authority has tapped Jan Hutton as its next CEO. She most recently served as CEO of the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW), one of Australia’s central tourism data and digital distribution platforms. Hutton has also held senior...
A Partly Cloudy Crystal Ball
Fax machines were so critical in 1998 that it was hard to imagine the meetings industry without them. One of the clearest stories that emerges when looking back over four decades of Convene’s coverage of the business events industry is how radically technology has...


