Finally, Apple has announced plans to open up its mobile iOS operating system to near field communications (NFC) with the introduction of IOS 11 scheduled for this fall.

Apple may have an awkward history of avoiding and then embracing NFC in the past, but new developments at this week's Worldwide Developer's Conference indicate those days are long gone. 

More and more organizations are ditching their printed event publications and turning to mobile event applications to handle their attendees information needs.

Imagine living your life without technology. Seems impossible, doesn’t it? After all, technology plays a role in how we communicate, collaborate, learn, and remember—and new technologies continually reinvent how we approach our work.

Don’t overlook your website as a valuable tool for increasing your overall member engagement. Also: Why rewarding top contributors in your communities could backfire.

Your attendees have professional skills and specialized knowledge that can make a difference when they’re put to work in a conference-related community service project. Here are a few creative ways that associations have given back to their host cities.

The Events Industry Council has just published the top five trends shaping the events industry based upon findings from their most recent Council meeting of CEOs of more than 30 of the leading industry associations. Security concerns continue to be a top priority but there is also a growing awareness that the political landscape within the U.S. can have a significant impact on meeting attendance from other countries.

Proud of our relationship with The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and their Give Back a Smile (GBAS) program. The GBAS program heals some of the most devastating effects of domestic and sexual violence, by restoring the smiles of adult women and men who have suffered dental injuries from a former intimate partner or spouse, family member.

You might only get to attend one conference a year - how do you make the most of the entire experience? What does it take to be an active conference participant? By viewing each conference as an all-around opportunity to learn and to share, you can come away satisfied that you reaped the full benefit of your company's money.  Huffington Post has seven handy suggestions to make sure you have the best conference ever:

Organizations are changing their view of events away from one-time engagements to ongoing relationship building with prospects and customers before the event and after.  Integrating social tools, mobile, and virtual content before the event and to staying in touch long after the event is bringing extra value to meeting participants.

Big data is the big buzzword. But what can it do for you? Help you figure out where your attendees are coming from and what they're interested in — and better negotiate and track your expenditures.

A new study sheds light on how associations can attract a desirable new group of attendees to their exhibitions: executives—with the power to make purchasing decisions—who are actively looking to go to tradeshows they’ve never attended before.