{"id":342685,"date":"2025-12-13T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/uncategorized\/budgeting-for-the-new-normal-measuring-joy-and-leading-change-through-design\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:56:12","slug":"budgeting-for-the-new-normal-measuring-joy-and-leading-change-through-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=342685","title":{"rendered":"Budgeting for the New Normal, Measuring Joy, and Leading Change Through Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-246254\">\n<header class=\"post-head small-screen-center\">\n<p class=\"lead\">From smart strategies for managing expenses, to why joy belongs among your KPIs according to Tahira Endean, and how sustainability and innovation can drive meaningful change \u2014 here\u2019s what\u2019s new on the Convene Podcast.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p>                Author:<br \/>\n                                    Magdalina Atanassova                    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<!----><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s new on the Convene Podcast this week.<\/p>\n<h5 data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1373\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Convene <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Article: Budgeting for the New Normal<\/span><\/h5>\n<div>\n<p>A recent PCMA Institute webinar offered strategies for managing expenses in the current market and budgeting for the coming year.\u00a0Written and read by Michelle Russell, editor in chief at\u00a0<em>Convene<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/cef409b0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1373\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Convene Series: Tahira Endean on Measuring Joy, Leading Change, and Designing Events That Connect<\/h5>\n<p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1449\">In this season finale, Tahira Endean \u2014 change management facilitator, author, speaker, university instructor, and curator of IMEX\u2019s education program \u2014 shares why joy deserves a place among event KPIs. She explains how measuring joy can reveal true attendee engagement, how creative design can foster belonging, and why leading change with courage matters more than ever for event professionals preparing for 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/c4408140\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1373\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Convene Interview: Franziska Seehausen on Sustainable Innovation, Good Tech, and Designing Systems for Change<\/h5>\n<p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1449\">In this episode, designer and Comat Studio founder Franziska Seehausen shares what leadership needs to look like for 2030 and beyond. Franziska breaks down three essential traits for today\u2019s leaders \u2014 empathy, trust, and courage \u2014 and explains how her own journey from Adidas to systems-focused studio owner shifted her view of sustainability from a technical challenge to a human and relational one. 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