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The Platinum Standard: How Engage! Turned Hospitality into Cultural Currency
Inside the global race to host Engage! — where destination, design, and dopamine collide.
14 hrs ago • 
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Holly Peterson’s Dinner Party Doctrine
15 quiet rules for gatherings that leave a beautiful mark
Jun 22 • 
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Culture Drop
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Jun 21 • 
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The New, Old Way, of Thinking About Events: Operated Assisted Conferences
Why High-Stakes Events Are Quietly Turning to High-Touch Convening Formats
Jun 19 • 
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The New, Old Way, of Thinking About Events: Operated Assisted Conferences
Generational Shade: How Each Age Group in the Events Industry Judges the Others
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Jun 19 • 
David Adler
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Three Days. $250K. Straight to the Dumpster.
Think your event has a sustainability strategy?
Jun 18 • 
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Here’s What Last Night’s James Beard Awards Might Be Telling Us About Events
An observational walk-through of experience design, service, storytelling, and hospitality—through the eyes of a curious event mind
Jun 17 • 
David Adler
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Here’s What Last Night’s James Beard Awards Might Be Telling Us About Events
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Create Your Next Event Idea- From Concept to Investor Deck in 2 Hours
Prompt Drop No. 01- A New Feature to Build a Prompt Vault for Those Who Want to Make the Most Out of AI Tools for the Events Industry
Jun 15 • 
David Adler

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Create Your Next Event Idea- From Concept to Investor Deck in 2 Hours
Prompt Drop #001: Using Prompts to Create Hors d'oeuvres
What If the Founding Fathers Had a Tasting Table?
Jun 14

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Prompt Drop #001: Using Prompts to Create Hors d'oeuvres
The Saturday Culture Drop
June 14, 2025
Jun 14 • 
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The Saturday Culture Drop
The Power and Responsibility of the Parade
Events create memories. Some shape identity. Others shape ideology.
Jun 13 • 
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Cannes Lions Awarded First Platinum Gathering™ Medal
When we launched GatheringPoint.news, we didn’t want to just cover events.
Jun 13 • 
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