Event Planning

Having spent 2020 scrambling to adapt to virtual-only events, event professionals are now looking with relief toward a more “normal” near future.

  Author of “Building a Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America”, Quint Studer is the founder of Pensacola, Florida’s Studer Community Institute, a nonprofit focused on improving the community’s quality of life. His latest book, “The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How to Lead People and Places That Thrive”, reached No. 5 on The Wall […]

  Howard Tiersky is the CEO of FROM: The Digital Transformation Agency, and author, along with Heidi Wisbach, of “Impactful Online Meetings: How to Run Polished Virtual Working Sessions That Are Engaging and Effective”. He is a successful entrepreneur who has been named by IDG as one of the “10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow […]

Growth. All businesses and professionals should desire it and most certainly need it. But achieving and sustaining growth in today’s uber-complex environment —whether corporate, entrepreneurial or personal career growth — takes multifaceted vision, ingenuity and agility. Indeed, a lack of growth in business speaks volumes. But, even as businesses at large strive to thrive, so, […]

With the rise of small meetings and corporate events, the modern event landscape provides a long list of demands for event planners…

More than half of meeting planners look for adventurous teambuilding and networking activities, according to a Destination Hotels meeting trends survey.

In times of crisis, the worst thing in the world would be to have a speaker go silent from the stage when lifesaving words and actions would have made all the difference.

Recognizing our impact on executing successful events and being true partners to meeting planners, we created a week to celebrate all that our colleagues across the U.S. and Canada do to keep the hospitality industry thriving!

These disruptions were not just an issue for the participants, organizers or company brand either; over 40 percent of planners reported that one or more of their recent disruptions caused financial loss.

Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) created “Project Access: Accessible Meetings FAQs,” a downloadable resource.