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Report: Room for Growth in Online Event Connections
Swapcard’s report finds overall engagement is boosted when attendees and exhibitors connect online, but they don’t always take advantage. Connecting attendees and exhibitors early improves engagement levels around events, according to a new study, though getting...
This Annual Meeting Is a Divine Collaboration
Annual meetings of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, one of the nine Black Greek-letter organizations included in the Pan-Hellenic Council, are so large that the sorority’s 100th anniversary 35,000-person gathering set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest...
How Convening Leaders 2026 Is Embracing Sustainability
CL 26 will implement a number of leading-edge sustainability programs onsite and work with partners in Philadelphia to facilitate carbon offsets after the event. When Convening Leaders 2026 kicks off on Jan. 11, it will mark an important anniversary in a meaningful...
CEM Spotlight on Saad Aldawood, CEM
Saad Aldawood, CEM currently serves as the Event Planning Officer for the Misk Foundation. He started his career in 2018 through community service as a volunteer director in various organizations. In 2019, Saad worked in food and beverage, followed by roles such as...
The Virtue of Doing Less
Leaders are often charged to add new projects. But overburdened executives should also look at places to ease their burdens. An association leader can be easily enchanted by one word: more. More products and services, more member groups to reach out to, more sponsors,...
Event Registration & Event Ticketing Software: What Organizers Need to Know
Event Registration & Event Ticketing Software: What Organizers Need to Know Event organizers are entering a new chapter in the coming years. Expectations have changed; attendees behave differently, and the tools used to run events must now work faster, smarter,...
