What will your impact be?

An apt question for a New Year (and new IMEXfiles—now also available on LinkedIn Newsletter), and one that we’re focusing on throughout 2024. A question that can seem daunting but not if you look at all the opportunities out there—and the potential we all have to make a real difference. After all it’s often the smallest acts that have the biggest impact.

Carina Bauer, CEO, IMEX Group

Embrace your impact opportunity

The ability to make a bigger, more positive impact on the world is an extraordinary leadership opportunity that I’ve learned to embrace. An opportunity that became acutely meaningful over the pandemic.

Three questions to ask yourself

Our team have distilled the common threads from our global travels last year down to three questions we think everyone should ask themselves. From really understanding the potential impact of your event to adopting AI-led efficiency.

Seven lessons in leadership and diplomacy

From how face-to-face events counteract polarization to why “women need to be perfect, and men just need to be men”, here are my takeaways from a standout PCMA Convening Leaders chat with the Clintons. Impactful and thought-provoking yes, but also practical and applicable.

How to turn ambitious goals into achievable realities

So, maybe you’re not making your 2024 impact about skiing to the South Pole (me neither!). But although adventurer Darren Edwards’ story is out of the ordinary, it’s one I think we can all learn from, as Darren shares how he avoids overwhelm, and lets failure be part of the process. (Oh, and spoiler alert: he’s speaking at IMEX Frankfurt this year!) 

Image source: Much Better Adventures

PS. If you’d like to use your impact to inspire others right now, there’s still a few days left to get your application in for the IMEX-EIC Innovation in Sustainability Award

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