Global Events Planning

A recent judges’ association conference in New York wound up with a nearly 30-percent rate of Covid infection among attendees. It’s a reminder that event hosts must still consider testing, masking, and other precautions.

For long-term mental health, get in the habit of naming and taming your emotions.

A veteran conference director was a lifeline to her staff as technology know-how became, for a while, the most valuable quality in a planner.

For a planner who had to coordinate two annual meetings within six months, the support of her teammates and the appreciation of her executives and attendees are what kept her going.

A director of engagement initiatives finds that engagement is precisely what keeps her in the right frame of mind during the toughest moments at work.

Two-plus years of day-to-day uncertainty around business events has taken a human toll, say planners in MeetingsNet’s latest survey. Here, event organizers share their stories of stress along with their advice on how to cope, because the...

We left out a key question on our recent planner-stress survey. You might want to answer it now.

An on-stage incident involving a presenter and attendee raises the question: Can organizers account for every possibility when creating an event’s risk-management plan?

While mask mandates have mostly disappeared, some attendees will still be wearing face coverings. How will they feel—and be received—when going against the no-mask norm?

A doctor applies an easy-to-understand mathematical argument to two recent large events to show that daily testing of meeting participants is the best preventative measure.