WIST x Soundings
The Weight We Carry: A Wellbeing Conversation for Event Professionals
Event work asks a lot of people. The hours, the pressure, the pivots, the travel, the onsite execution, and then straight into the next one. Most people push through because the work has to get done. But what does that cost over time?
This conversation, hosted by Soundings Connect in partnership with Wist, is built around a simple question: how are you really doing? We will introduce the Soundings Connect Wellbeing Check-In, a community survey designed specifically around the real pressures of event work, and talk honestly about what stress, burnout, recovery, and sustainability actually look like for event professionals. Not theory. Something practical you can use.
The check-in launches the same day. Come to the webinar. Take the survey. Help us tell this story.
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Join our Webinar: A Wellbeing Conversation for Event Professionals
Friday, July 10, 2026 at 10am PT/ 1pm ET
Event work is meaningful, and it's genuinely hard. On July 10th, we're hosting an honest conversation about stress, burnout, and sustainability in the events industry, in partnership with Wist, a daily stress management platform built on CBT and positive psychology. Come hear what event talent is really carrying, and what we can do about it.
This check-in goes deeper into what event professionals are actually carrying, how you recover, whether you feel supported, and what would make this work more sustainable.
By taking the check-in and sharing it with your network, you'll help us build a fuller picture of wellbeing across the industry. What we learn will be shared back with this community and shape the report to come.
Take the Soundings Wellbeing Check-In Survey
Meet the Speaker
Anil Punyapu
Founder & CEO, WIST
Anil Punyapu is Co-Founder and CEO of Wist, a daily stress management platform built on cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and neuroscience. He spent over a decade as one of the earliest employees at Cvent (NYSE: CVT), helping grow the company from a two-person startup to a global leader in events technology with 5,000 employees and over $200M in annual revenue.
Working alongside event professionals for years, he watched stress take a real toll on good people, including himself, and could not find tools that actually helped. That experience led directly to Wist. He holds a JD from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and is pursuing an EMBA at UCLA Anderson.