Magic Wands and AI Burnout: The Organizers Unpack Swaay.Health LIVE 2026

It turns out that the antidote to a year of shrinking budgets and endless algorithm updates is a healthy dose of community. As organizers we expected a lot of conversations about AI, budget cuts, doing more with less, but what we got instead was connection magic. Swaay.Health LIVE 2026 may have wrapped up a few weeks ago, but the team is still recovering (and buzzing) from the event. During that time a flood of reactions from attendees came in. Were our reactions similar? Brittany Quemby, John Lynn, and I compare notes…and the answer is yes!