The planning and communication skills of experienced meeting professionals can be an undervalued asset. But during the pandemic some companies directed those strengths to new projects. Just ask Changemaker Mia McMahon, CMP.

Stacey Sanchez, CMP, CMM, built an award-winning event sustainability program once. Now she’s out to do it again.

Changemaker Stephen Cutchins is charged with ensuring that Cvent’s technologies can be used by people of all abilities, and he’s bringing in an independent auditor to be sure.

Two ideas for stronger contract clauses for groups concerned that social or political issues might upend their destination selection.

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

A planner who had experienced tough times before guided his team through the pandemic by relying on interpersonal skills more than technological expertise.

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...