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Five Incredible People the Convening Class Should Know- January 2026 Edition
TED's Monique Ruff-Bell, Event Industry New's Adam Parry, Value Graphis's David Allison, South Beach and NYC Wine and Food Festival's Lee Brian…
2 hrs ago
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David Adler
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Adam Parry, Event Industry News Co-Founder, and the Quiet Reordering of the Events World
The founder of Event Industry News reflects on anxiety, entrepreneurship, and why the events industry is growing wider, not smaller.
18 hrs ago
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David Adler
Monique Ruff-Bell:TED’s Empress of Engagement
She leads with joy, builds with strategy, and shows up with purpose. TED’s Monique Ruff-Bell is the blueprint.
20 hrs ago
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David Adler
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David Allison and the New Values of Events
Why gatherings are being redefined by values, not scale—and what that means for how people show up.
20 hrs ago
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David Adler
25th Anniversary: The Beach, the Crowd, the Crisis: Lee Brian Schrager and the Story Behind America’s Wine & Food Festival Boom (and…
As wine wobbles and tastes change, the architect of America’s food-and-wine festival boom explains what still drives crowds.
20 hrs ago
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David Adler
Derek Pacqué: The OG of Coat Check and Trust
How an unlikely inventor redesigned the most fragile moment in every gathering
20 hrs ago
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David Adler
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Davos, Without the Badge
What Davos is for, who it’s built by, and why it still matters to the convening class.
Jan 20
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David Adler
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Before the Dream, There Was the Room
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day reflection on leadership, convening, and the craft of organizing people before history notices
Jan 19
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David Adler
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The Goosebumps Machine and The Future of Feelings at Great Events
What the TikTok Famous Tap Dancing Duo, the Gardiner Brothers — and a Certain Kind of Performance — Reveal About How Large Audiences Actually Connect
Jan 16
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David Adler
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The New Frontier: Inside the Space Event Race
Why event producer Erick Weiss is stepping into the fight to convene the space economy.
Jan 15
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David Adler
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Taking the Industry’s Temperature
Freeman’s new research reveals a quiet shift in how events are judged—and why the future belongs to those who design the room, not just fill the stage
Jan 13
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David Adler
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Washington's Velvet Rope of Influence
How media-hosted events became the most lucrative — and least examined — marketplace for public advocacy
Jan 8
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David Adler
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