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As the meetings and events industry evolves at a rapid clip, staying up to date with the changes is less daunting when you have trailblazers leading the way. Whether it be through providing resources for ensuring inclusivity, educating colleagues on the importance of accessibility or planning events that push the envelope, it’s because of these individuals that the industry constantly grows. Congratulations to the Meetings Trendsetters class of 2023! 

One year ago this May, I graduated from Ball State University and officially started my career as a journalist nine days after flipping my tassel. Hanging around my neck and over my gown was my summa cum laude medallion, in my hands was a cardinal-red portfolio adorned with Ball State’s famous Beneficence statue, and in the mail was the degree it would soon hold.  But what I felt most proud of while walking across the stage wasn’t that I made it through college. It was that I did enough during my four years at Ball State to graduate with a job lined up.

Choosing a career path is hard enough as it is, and for Gen Zers—the oldest of which entered a workforce in a full pandemic shutdown—the choice only became more difficult. Without real-life experience in their chosen industries and the increase in remote work, understanding what a career in their field of interest may look like became a bigger obstacle than it used to be.  IMEX Group seeks to turn that obstacle into opportunities.  

Like she’s heard many others working in meetings and events say before, Naomi Hollas—who grew up in the highlands of Scotland—“fell into the industry.” It happened when the Commonwealth Games called Glasgow, Scotland, home for a week at the end of July 2014. 

Louisa Daley speaks to event professionals and coaches about imposter syndrome to understand how we can change its narrative and impact