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Burned Out and Budget-Cut: The Emotional Infrastructure of Event Organizing Is Cracking

The quiet crisis impacting the people who make experiences happen—and the movement fighting to protect them.

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David Adler
May 30, 2025
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What is really happening behind the smiles?

I want to begin this piece with a moment of personal reckoning.

A few weeks ago, I received a message from Janice Cardinale, founder of Event Minds Matter (EMM), a longtime industry peer and a Forbes-recognized changemaker. She wrote to me with a simple but pointed call for help:

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