The SEARCH Foundation’s grants to special event, meeting, catering, and hospitality professionals exist because of volunteer leaders such as Changemaker Kate Patay, CPCE, Patay Consulting.

How DMC executive Deana Mitchell, CMP, DMCP, used her coronavirus downtime to create a new foundation focused on mental-health awareness in the meetings and hospitality industries, and beyond.

Heather Mason, the Caspian Agency CEO, on why meeting professionals deserve more

Changemaker Desiree Hamilton helps Cisco engineer its “For Good” philosophy into conferences, going beyond sustainability tactics.

IMEX Group’s Dale Hudson has been making simple, incremental changes to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Changemaker David D’Eletto used the pandemic downtime to boost his staff’s knowledge in all areas of meetings management, making the team tighter.

Changemaker Colleen Creighton broadened her association’s reach among underserved audiences and built a virtual convention that maintained the momentum.

Faustine Chan is putting BBB training online to help clients prepare for the future.

By reinventing her 127-year-old annual meeting’s general sessions, Changemaker Alicia Aebersold developed programming that impacts and connects attendees year-round.