Why Your Meeting Needs a Harassment Policy
If recent high-profile incidents of sexual harassment haven't convinced you, listen to our expert sources: Your meeting needs a harassment policy. This is what to include.
Meet, Pray, Love
A behind-the-altar look at the 2015 World Meeting of Families, which brought Pope Francis to the United States for his first official visit.
Patients Are a Virtue
Here’s how five medical conferences are incorporating patients and patient outreach into their live programs.
How Sleep Affects Attendee Engagement
Your meetings start too early and go too late, and as a result both you and your attendees are sleep-deprived — and paying the price. How? And what can you do to make your events more sleep-friendly?
5 Tips for Sleep-Friendly Meetings
Even if attendees are aware of needing more sleep, they may be reluctant to voice their desire for it.
How 3D Printing Is Impacting the Meetings Industry
3D printing promises to upend manufacturing, disrupt existing supply chains, and rewrite how products come to market. It’s already led to life-saving innovations in medicine, and groundbreaking advances in construction and design.
How Regulatory Changes in Europe Are Affecting Medical Meetings
Like PhRMA and AdvaMed before it, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations has adopted stricter reporting requirements for industry–physician interactions. Here are 10 things medical meeting organizers — including planners in North America — should know about them.
Supported Article Global Meetings
Toastmasters Heads to Asia
The 2014 Toastmasters International Convention marked the first time that the public-speaking organization met outside North America — and was the best-attended event in its 90-year history.
Escaping the Conventional in Puerto Rico
When Meet Puerto Rico hosted Convene as part of a three-day, “Escape the Conventional”–themed press trip recently, we got a glimpse of the meeting sites, culture, beaches, rainforest adventure, and water-sports fun that this tropical island has to offer.
Two Associations, One Issue: Joining Forces to Fight Obesity
How do you solve a problem like obesity? Two medical associations with their own well-established conferences realized that the best approach was to join forces.
Top Tips for Taking Care of Yourself on the Road
Obesity has been called a national health crisis. In response, organizations dedicated to its study and treatment are convening more and larger conferences.
5 Eco-Friendly Venues
How five venues on four continents are taking big steps to reduce their eco footprint.
