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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event.

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Daily Buzz: An “Impossible” Path to Leadership

Associations Now

The story of Impossible Foods starts with a scientist who decided to embrace leadership for a greater cause. — wessovis (@wessovis) August 27, 2019. The Event Manager Blog has more than a dozen separate event-planning checklists that might come in handy for your annual meeting. You're welcome.

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Two Tensions Keeping Senior Event Professionals Up at Night

Velvet Chainsaw

below 2019. The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. Whether your results are better or worse than the CEIR index, I think it is a helpful top-line metric for benchmarking and sharing with your organization’s leadership. One can only hope!)

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Game On! Returning to Face-to-Face

Velvet Chainsaw

Most Q3 and Q4, 2021 conferences are reporting attendance numbers that are 40 – 60% below 2019. Events with greater international participation are seeing the steepest declines. If you have not adjusted your sponsorship menu to include more thought leadership and attendee-experience elements, make it a high priority.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.15.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Back in my restaurant general manager days, I went through a serious bout of burnout. I pulled myself out of it by reading about leadership—educating myself and getting inspired to make some positive changes at work. Tue 3/19 at 2 p.m.

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Daily Buzz: The Challenges of a Virtual Chapter

Associations Now

Another challenge: leadership. Like any other chapter, a virtual program will need an internal leadership structure, including officers, a board, committees, and so on. Sustainable practices in the event planning industry is both difficult and rewarding. Here's our Event Planners’ Guide to Sustainability!

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Association Brain Food: 4.28.23

Reid All About it

Meet five professional coaches, experience two focused sessions, and learn how, when done right, working with a professional coach can help you navigate change, level-up your leadership, map out an action plan to achieve a goal, and much more. More info/register. More info/register (members only). 1 CAE credit.

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