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How to Choose the Right Moderator for Your Next Event

Finding the right moderator can make or break a panel discussion. Here’s where to find them—and the essential skills that set the best ones apart.

Journalists are often tapped as moderators. During Sundance 2024, for example, Audible’s Listening Lodge featured a celebrity-packed panel moderated by Variety’s senior entertainment writer, Angelique Jackson (left).

15 Creativity-Sparking Breakout Moments at Conferences

Breakout moments aren’t just breaks—they’re often where creativity thrives. These examples will make you rethink how conferences can inspire connection and innovation beyond the main stage.

The 2015 TED Conference in Vancouver brought a playful twist to its lounges, where attendees could watch speaker simulcasts. A standout was the new ball pit, filled with beanbag chairs and beach balls, offering a relaxed and whimsical setting to absorb big ideas while fostering creativity and connection.

How This Event Vendor Handled 10 High-Profile Events—in Just One Week

Recently, AV tech company ShowPro did seven figures of business in one week. Here's how the team thrived under the pressure of what they like to call "Heaven Week."

ShowPro provided lights, sound, and video for this year's Vulture Festival, which took place Nov. 16-17 at nya EAST in Los Angeles. (Check out our full coverage of the festival here.)

Q&A: How Encore's Unique HR Programs Are Supporting Seasonal Event Workers

With its new Overtime Savings Program and Seasonal Leave of Absence Program, event production company Encore is addressing the unique ebb and flow of a seasonal workforce.

For many event industry workers, seasonal ebbs and flows can make it difficult to maintain consistent earnings.

What's New in Meetings and Trade Shows: America's Center Renovations, Connect Hong Kong, NYC Tourism's New CEO, and More

BizBash rounds up the latest news related to meetings, trade shows, and CVBs/DMOs.

A $256 million expansion of America's Center in St. Louis includes an enhancement of its Washington Avenue entrance.

Meetings & Conferences

10 Most Innovative Meetings of 2024

This year’s top business gatherings from companies like Google Cloud, Canva, and Visa show that business events can—and should—be engaging, inspiring, and memorable.

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Super Bowl LIX: Event Producers Give Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show an A

Super Bowl LIX: 75+ Standout Moments From the Week's Top Events and Brand Activations

Why Subway Hosted a Fancy Five-Course Meal

See Inside Welch’s Zero Bodega That Turned Into a Surprise Speakeasy

How This Event Elevates Women Behind the Scenes in Sports

5 Experiential Event Trends for 2025

How This Cybersecurity Conference Handled an Unexpected Increase in Attendance

CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2024 was a master class in creative problem-solving—especially when it came to spatial design.

One challenge the VDA team had to overcome was the splitting up of the conference's trade show floor, aka the HUB, into two ballrooms. This arch tunnel—meant to evoke how the modular CrowdStrike platform operates—connected the two sides. 'It was probably the most photographed thing from the whole show,' Breen says. 'That was a super successful way of connecting the two halves of the HUB, and making CrowdStrike's platform the core focus of that connection.'

How These 13 Trade Show Booths Used Interactivity to Boost Engagement

Discover how brands like Reddit, Instacart, eBay, and Google have crafted memorable moments with immersive, interactive booth designs.

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Inside TED's New Show—Where Conference Innovation and Personal Growth Took Center Stage

Held in Atlanta, the inaugural event attracted 1,000 entrepreneurs, artists, educators, young professionals, and more looking to redefine their careers.

Unlike traditional TED conferences that often focus on broad societal issues and innovations, TEDNext was created to emphasize individual aspirations and personal development.

Double Deckers: Latest Innovation in Trade Show Booth Design

Dive into revolutionary exhibit design that supercharges attendee engagement.

Dexterity Robotics' double-decker exhibit featured two demo stations and an elevated meeting space with a panoramic view of the action below.

How to Ease Election Week Tension at Meetings and Events

Events taking place during next week's hotly contested U.S. presidential election are focusing on productive conversations—and plenty of de-stressing moments.

The United States presidential election takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

How Austin Hotels Are Preparing for the Convention Center's Closure Next Year

Instead of citywides, expect properties to tout campus-style "mini-wides"—similar to how the city's famous South by Southwest festival operates.

The AT&T Hotel and Conference Center is located on The University of Texas at Austin campus.

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