Meetings Innovators: Howard Givner
Howard Givner built and sold three successful event businesses. He says events are "on borrowed time" if they ignore two areas in dire need of innovation.
Meetings Innovators
Meetings Innovators highlights changemakers who are redefining the meetings industry. These visionary professionals are pushing boundaries with fresh perspectives, bold ideas, and groundbreaking strategies.
Whether they’re designing more inclusive gatherings, leveraging data for smarter decision-making, or introducing game-changing formats, their work is shaping the future of the industry.
Meetings Innovator: Liz Lathan
Liz Lathan is reinventing business events with emotional clarity and bold ideas, reminding the industry that connection is the real return on investment.
Meetings Innovator: Claus Raasted
Claus Raasted wants to disrupt the default settings of the meetings industry — one bold, low-stakes experiment at a time. His legacy goal? Make the world a little less afraid, and a lot more willing to try something new.
Meetings Innovator: Tahira Endean
IMEX Head of Programming Tahira Endean lives and breathes creativity. So it makes perfect sense that she would dream up the idea of categorizing ‘joy’ as a KPI — and then write an entire book about it.
Meetings Innovator: Kathryn Frankson
From robots to rock 'n' roll stages, Money20/20's marketing guru Kathryn Frankson has a knack for turning heads and raising eyebrows. But behind the wild ideas and viral moments is a seasoned innovator with some serious wisdom to share.
Meetings Innovator: Anh Nguyen
When Anh Nguyen realized the events industry's "do-it-all-yourself" culture wasn't compatible with motherhood, she built a solution: a collaborative network of senior planners. But that's just one of her many innovative approaches to working in the meetings industry.
Mary Jo Blythe: Meetings Innovator
Forever changing the lives of front-line hospitality workers – one person at a time – is Mary Jo Blythe’s mission as founder of The Above and Beyond Foundation.
Megan Henshall: Meetings Innovator
Rehumanizing corporate life is the new mission of Google Xi. Its founder, Megan Henshall, is Skift Meeting's first-ever Meetings Innovator.