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Valuing Your Stage

Joy Davis, CAE with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists examines the ethical considerations involved in selecting speakers at events and the importance of keeping attendees’ needs first and foremost when determining presenters.

Mapping Out Every Step of the Attendee Journey

IAEE's recent virtual Expo! Expo! featured many of the same show elements of a face-to-face event, but presented in an engaging virtual format. Read insights from IAEE’s VP of Marketing & Communications Nicole Bowman, MBA on the planning process of an all-virtual event. Originally published by MPI.

What’s Next for the B2B Exhibitions Industry?

By: Brian Casey, CEM, Executive Director, International Textile Alliance Recently, I was approached as past CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) to write a blog on the […]

The Ninja Future of the Second Stage COVID-19 World

By Gary Shapiro The coronavirus outbreak created – and continues to cause – economic disruption and cancellation of many events. As events slowly return, they will be different. Organizers and […]

9 Crisis Communications Best Practices

By Michael Pinchera A SPECIAL SECTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL The American Physical Society (APS) cancelled its March Denver meeting due to novel coronavirus concerns—36 hours before […]

Making Cents: Designing Purposeful Amazing Event Experiences

By Molly Marsh, CMP A SPECIAL SECTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL For many in the industry, “Experience Design” has become synonymous with big, extravagant productions, AI and tech-enabled engagement, […]

Crowd Think: Safety & Movement in Meetings

By Jessie States A SPECIAL SECTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL Crowd management is a critical function of your safety and security event planning, and it is important to […]

Building a Future-Ready Event Workforce

Read about the challenges to building a future-ready workforce and tips to strengthen the current work environment according to five industry leaders by Michelle Bruno.

The Road to Sustainability in Events

By Paula Blomster A SPECIAL SECTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL This new decade started with very disturbing pictures of burnt koalas and headlines of their ”imminent extinction.” […]

Taking Another Look at Data Security and Privacy in Events

Published by Michelle Bruno on September 13, 2019 A special section brought to you by Historically, data security and privacy have not been high priorities for event organizers. Many don’t […]

A Digital Dilemma for Meeting & Event Suppliers

By Allan Lynch A SPECIAL SECTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL There is a digital dilemma in the meetings sector. It’s not about event apps or better presentation […]

CEIR Rewind: A Look at 2019

Despite the international trade war with the United States and other countries and concerns over the rise of digital offerings that could potentially replace face-to-face interaction between buyers and sellers, […]