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Skift
29-05-2025
- Business
- Skift
Walking Meetings Are a Thing: What Planners Need to Know
Planners are finding that meeting and networking while walking is not just good for your health — it also increases productivity and creativity. Walking meetings date all the way to Ancient Greece and Apple CEO Steve Jobs known for them around the company's Palo Alto campus. Now they're having a moment at major events. Destination Canada held a 'Walk 'n Talk' meeting in January during PCMA's Convening Leaders at Houston's Discovery Green park. The session, which was intended to refresh and inspire attendees, reinforced Destination Canada's brand mission: 'Leave Inspired, Not Tired.' The special guest was Lori McCarthy, a cultural storyteller and founder of Food Culture Place, who led participants through a grounding practice and a discussion on sustainable event planning. The 60 meeting planner walkers were able to access the session on their phones using the conference app. Virginie De Visscher, executive director, business events at Destination Canada, said it was such a success that they are discussing hosting similar walks in the future. "It showed how simple design shifts like taking a breakout session outdoors can boost engagement, spark creativity, and leave delegates genuinely recharged.' Drink 'n Walk Dianne Heffernan, chief events officer/vice president, CCE Global Meetings & Events, came up with the idea of a walking cocktail reception, with F&B stations placed along the High Line in New York City, for a group of 40 neuroscientists attending a Fellowship Award meeting and dinner. 'We were using The Standard, and as I looked out the window of the event space, I saw the High Line and wanted to do something completely different. I worked with a local tour guide service and a caterer who was willing to come up with NYC-themed hors d' oeuvres.' Attendees loved it, she said. 'I'm thinking of doing it again for a SITE Northeast chapter event.' Research from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine points to other benefits as well. Not only do walking meetings contribute to participants' health, but nature and changes of scenery trigger new neuro-pathways in the brain, sparking new ideas and solutions to problems. Walking meetings can also break down boundaries, encourage engagement, and increase productivity. Some Ground Rules Anne Bach Krog Iversen, chief DNA & culture officer at TimeXtender, is a fan of walking meetings, but encourages planners to plan ahead as they would for an indoor meeting. Among her tips: • Choose a suitable route ahead of time, such as a park or a quiet street, and make sure the path is accessible and safe. • Record the meeting for attendees who might not be able to physically attend. • Check the weather and share it with everyone so they can dress appropriately. Remind them to bring comfortable shoes. Have a back-up plan if the weather doesn't cooperate. • Set a clear agenda and align specific discussion points to landmarks or turns in your route to keep the conversation moving and on track. • Supply water at the start and don't allow stops for people who might want a coffee or a cold drink. 'Treat this time with the same respect you would if you were in a meeting room,' she said.
Scotsman
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Kirsty lights the way for journalism
The 2025 Bafta Television Awards showed how drama can move public policy. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Mr Bates vs The Post Office not only won the Bafta for limited drama; ITV was handed a separate award for backing the series that forced Westminster to confront a grave miscarriage of justice. The ceremony underlined how the screen industry across the UK is thriving, which is reflected in Scotland's screen sector. Buoyed by new studio space at Kelvin Hall, Leith and Bathgate, the industry attracting inward investment and skilled jobs far beyond London's orbit. Kirsty Wark with the Fellowship Award during the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire Host Alan Cumming was the evenings host and showman-in-chief. He strode on in a Traitors‑style cloak—Cumming hosts the US version of the show—swapped into a blue tux, pale‑pink sparkles and signed off in dark velvet. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Blue Lights claimed drama series, Marisa Abela and Lennie James took the lead acting prizes for Industry and Mr Loverman respectively, while Ruth Jones and Danny Dyer scooped the comedy performances. Disney's Shōgun lifted the international award, and Netflix's once‑fancied Baby Reindeer left with just a single statuette, confounding the expectations of many. The evening's most heartfelt moment belonged to Scottish broadcasting legend Kirsty Wark, honoured with the Bafta Fellowship for her outstanding contribution to news. Knowing Kirsty as a fellow journalist and having also been subject to her forensic questioning as a politician, there is absolutely no doubt about how deserving she was for the award. Her standing ovation echoed across social media, proof that journalism is valued by the public.
Arab News
26-03-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
BBC veteran Jeremy Bowen accuses Israel of intentionally blocking journalists from Gaza
DUBAI: The BBC's international editor, Jeremy Bowen, has accused Israel of deliberately preventing journalists from entering Gaza in an attempt to 'obfuscate what's going on, and to inject this notion of doubt into information that comes out.' Bowen was awarded the Fellowship Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism at a Society of Editors conference in the UK on Tuesday. During his acceptance speech, he said: 'Why don't they let us into Gaza? Because they don't want us to see it. I think it's really as simple as that. 'Israel took a bit of flak for that to start with but none now, certainly not with (US President Donald) Trump So, I don't see that changing anytime soon.' He praised Palestinian journalists for the 'fantastic work' they are doing but said that he and other international journalists also want to report from Gaza. He again alleged that the reason Israeli authorities will not allow the international media into Gaza is because 'there's stuff that they don't want us to see.' This contrasts sharply with the situation at the start of the conflict, Bowen added. 'Beginning after those Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, they (the Israelis) took us into the border communities,' he said. 'I was in Kfar Aza when there was still fighting going on inside it. They had only just started taking out the bodies of the dead Israelis. Why did they let us in there? Because they wanted us to see it.' In the past 18 months, Bowen said he had been permitted to spend only half a day with the Israeli army inside Gaza. He described the conflict as the 'bloodiest war' since 'the foundation of the Israeli state of 1948.' He said that 'if the place could open up, people could go through, look at the records, count the graves, exhume the skeletons from under the rubble and then they'd get a better idea. But when the doors shut, these things become very, very difficult.' It was not the first time Bowen has voiced concerns about the reporting restrictions. During a report from Tel Aviv in Jan. 2025, he said: 'One reason I'm standing here and not in Gaza is because the Israelis don't let international journalists like myself in there to report freely.' Last year, he was among 55 international journalists who signed an open letter urging Israel and Egypt to provide 'free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign media.' They wrote: 'We call on the government of Israel to openly state its permission for international journalists to operate in Gaza, and for the Egyptian authorities to allow international journalists access to the Rafah Crossing. 'It's vital that local journalists' safety is respected and that their efforts are bolstered by the journalism of members of the international media. The need for comprehensive, on-the-ground reporting of the conflict is imperative.'
