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Tips from the Trenches: 3 Outside-the-Box Engagement Strategies for Your Next Event 

EventMobi: Association Events

Karen recently helped plan the annual conference for the Association of Academic Surgical Administrators , which was held in Boston. “We presented a list of 10 different items throughout the city of Boston… We had to get them to go out, explore, try new things, new foods. This was a new city for many of the attendees.

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Friday Buzz: How McDonald’s Scored Big With Its Corporate Event

Associations Now

That inventiveness extends to its event planning. Every two years, the company puts on a Worldwide Convention in Orange County, California, and it tried a new approach to promote the event this year: Rather than simply launching an event site on its intranet, it created a content-heavy Facebook-style news feed.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.25.22

Reid All About it

Because I used 3 pounds of boneless pork shoulder (aka Boston butt), I doubled the marinade/sauce ingredients—and added a hefty amount of spicy sambal oelek to the mix. Before embarking on your hybrid event planning journey, you need to ask yourself a few key questions: What is the goal of your event? 1 CMP credit.

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Social Media Roundup: Avoid These Marketing Mishaps

Associations Now

Here are a few non-tech event trends to expect in 2014. And when you’re looking to improve your event planning or marketing—as well as identify what not to do—where better to look than at some of 2013’s biggest marketing mishaps? Plus: Roll out the red carpet! There’s a something important to be learned from every oops.

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3 Tech-Savvy Tips for Nonprofit Virtual Fundraising Events

Achieve

From posting event news to sharing information regarding your cause, a mobile event app easily facilitates this transfer of information. . There are also a few trendier event technologies that are currently taking the event planning world by storm. adding a new dimension to attendees’ digital event experience.

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Event Management: Do Your Policies Match Your Reality?

Associations Now

While contracts are a key part of the event-planning process, there’s a disconnect between meeting planners and leadership on who exactly signs those documents. While just 6 percent of leaders said meeting planners are allowed to sign contracts related to events, 23 percent of planners said they actually do. So, who signs?

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Best Association Management Software | Our Top Picks

Fonteva

With features spanning database capabilities, messaging and email tools, accounting and payment systems, and event planning, a top AMS solution is a smart move for practically any group. Segment your alumni database with a filter such as “from Boston, MA” in order to invite relevant alumni to your events. Email marketing.