10 Alternatives to Serving Sweets at Events
As attendees strive to eat healthier, here are 10 ideas for replacing decadent desserts and sweet treats as room gifts.
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8 Places to Find Inspiration for Your Events
Creativity is rarely a straight line — it’s an exploration. This is where planners get fresh ideas for their events.
7 Ways to Next Gen-Proof Your Events
The first step in appealing to younger generations is understanding their need for authenticity, personalization, and community.
10 Ways to Add Art to Your Events
Whether you choose to bring in a live painter or take attendees out of their comfort zones with a plein air painting class, you’ll leave a lasting impression.
25 Must-Know Meeting Planning Terms
CSM, CVB, DMC. Beginner planners face an alphabet soup of acronyms. These 25 terms will get you off to a strong start — and there are hundreds more where they came from.
5 Things You Should Know About Medical Meetings
Compliance issues and transparency demands make medical and pharma meetings among the most complicated and challenging types of events to plan.
10 Things Planners Get Wrong When Hiring Entertainers
While planners put the most effort into education and programming, it’s the entertainers — from musicians to mentalists — who often leave a lasting impression.
10 Things Planners Get Wrong About Designing Events for Younger Generations
Gen Z and Millennials are projected to make up 75% of the workforce by 2030 — and we still have little clue as to how to engage them.
The Event Job Market's New Rules
If you feel like your resume keeps going into a black hole, here’s why — and what you can do about it.
6 Ways to Make Using Temps Less Stressful
Temps can make or break an event, yet recruiting and training gig workers is often an afterthought.