Many professionals believe confidence is something you either have or you don't. They look at successful leaders and assume those individuals naturally possess certainty, charisma, and an unwavering sense of direction.
For years, dietary planning has been viewed as a logistical task. Collect the meal counts. Send the numbers to catering. Confirm vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options. Done. But today's attendees expect more—and frankly, they deserve more.
The meetings and events industry thrives on innovation. We constantly talk about emerging technologies, new engagement strategies, evolving attendee expectations, and the future of our profession.
For many organizations, the demand for events is growing faster than the team behind them. More meetings. More expectations. More attendee personalization. More reporting. More pressure to “do more with less.”
As a meeting professional, everywhere you turn you hear that hybrid meetings are not the future, they are the now. I wouldn’t disagree, but before we start designing hybrid meetings, we need to define what hybrid means. That definition varies widely. At the bare minimum, hybrid means you have at least one group of in-person participants connecting with remote participants in one or more locations.
Written by Emilie Perkins
It is no secret that it has been an interesting and challenging 18 months for the meeting, event, and hospitality industries. We are very tired of terms like “new normal,” “pivot,” and “unprecedented.” We’ve endured months of meetings and events that went from postponed to ultimately cancelled, which caused a ripple effect of issues in our organizations.
Written by Katie K Riggs
