September 2015
Cover Story/CMP Series
Going-the-Distance Learning
We talked to learning experts about strategies that connect content acquisition to execution.
Cover illustration by Ellen Weinstein
Features
Around the World in 5 Meetings
Want to grow your international presence, but not sure how to get there from here? Unfold our map of five different routes to expanding your global reach through meetings and events.
Expo Milano Wants to Change the Way You Think About Your Food
More than 140 countries explore how to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050.
Juliet Funt Goes Deep
The modern world isn’t giving people enough ‘white space,’ and their productivity and creativity are suffering.
Inside the World Economic Forum With Varkey CEO Vikas Pota
The CEO of the Varkey Foundation on inviting every kind of stakeholder to the Global Education & Skills Forum, identifying high- and low-profile speakers, and giving a deserving teacher $1 million.
Departments
Doing Good By Doing Data
What began as a happy-hour meetup in a Chicago bar has evolved into a thriving annual conference for social-sector data analysts.
A Meeting Crisis Calmed in Baltimore
Organizers of a meeting held in Baltimore during the recent unrest were handed a resource that helped keep the meeting intact.
Dance/NYC Embraces Inclusion
A conference for disabled dancers required organizers to plan with a highly inclusive mindset.
High-Stakes Partnerships
Expenses are rising, registration-pricing increases are risky, competition is stiff, and companies are downsizing their expo footprint. Sponsors to the rescue.
Plenary
SpaceCom 2015
2,000 aerospace executives and space and defense analysts and policymakers are expected to attend the first-ever Space Commerce Conference and Exposition.
Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2015
This June, some 3,000 engineers, neurologists, physicists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and statisticians met in Hawaii to further the mapping of the human brain.
Disruption and Reinvention at DMAI
We report from DMAI 2015, held at the Austin Convention Center on July 15–17.
5 Easy Ways to Counteract the Effects of Sitting All Day
Your attendees spend hours sitting not just during your meetings and conferences but while traveling to and from them — and that’s not good for their backs.
Corcoran Expositions' Revolutionary Vacation Policy
This company wants its long-term employees to take paid leave -- for three full months.
The Knowledge Economy, Local Edition
A Convene/DMAI’s empowerMINT survey yielded some surprising insights about local knowledge resources.
Beacons 101
Beacons may be the coolest new technology on the block — but there is a right way and a wrong way to use them.
Exploring Orlando’s Grown-Up Side
A native Floridian spends four days seeing what's new and what's on the horizon for Orlando.
Six Days in Singapore
The city-state is a cultural melting pot, an international business center, a busy trade port, and a crossroads where East meets West.
Also In This Issue
An Incomplete Education
When it comes to real-world execution, most meetings’ education programs could do a better job of closing the loop.
What’s Old Is New
In our fast-paced, high-tech world, your attendees may crave some of the comforts of the past.