AssociationChat

OCTOBER 26, 2020

There’s a lot to consider to make sure people stay apart, but it can be built into your event planning. One of the big considerations for any event is what food and drink will be available. Whatever measures you decide to put in place, you need to be communicating with your guests to set expectations.

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EventMobi: Association Events

JUNE 19, 2024

Take a page out of Karen’s book and plan a city-wide scavenger hunt for your audience (more on this below.) Or take a small-scale approach and use your pre-event communications to highlight unusual facts about the location where your next industry conference will take place. Second, supercharge the recruitment process.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a nonprofit marketing or communications specialist, you may have noticed a rising tide of digital fatigue among your supporters when it comes to your organization’s online outreach efforts. . Increase engagement surrounding virtual events. . Communication is a foundational element of. any successful nonprofit strategic plan.

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Reid All About it

MAY 22, 2020

Learn about preparation tips for technical execution including audio and lighting recommendations, easy engagement activities, communicating to attendees, and content development best practices. Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events. Understand how to conduct a “Learning Look Back” pandemic recovery process.

Certificate 369

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Fri 2/26 at 10 a.m.* – The Nonprofit Communications Engine (NYSAE Engagement Lounge). The Nonprofit Communications Engine is a framework designed to help nonprofit leaders and associations build, refine, and optimize their organization’s ability to communicate effectively. 1 CAE credit. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

Recruiting 329

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A2Z Events

MARCH 26, 2025

This allows you to accurately segment the email lists so that you can create tailored messages based on the key event selling points that will resonate with a given segment. A subject line that communicates value and urgency will get people to open, while a CTA that encourages action will bring in registrations.

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MemberClicks

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As you begin putting together your events, you’ll want to create a robust plan so your future conferences and events are efficient and engaging for attendees, no matter what is thrown your way. 9 Event Planning Tips for Improved Events. Start your planning process early.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 30, 2024

7-day communications challenge. Gather Voices invites you to participate in their free 7-Day Video Communications Challenge starting Tuesday, September 3. Optimizing the Budget Building Process Learn how an annual budget process assessment can set the stage for change and improved performance. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They describe the seven steps of starting a successful association mentoring program from pre-evaluation and research to planning, design, recruitment, matching, training, support, and evaluation. That explains the interest in communities like Non-Dues-A-Palooza and Professionals for Association Revenue. Event design.

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YourMembership

MAY 3, 2012

Innovation time may take away from production (or event planning) time in the short run but in the long term, assessing and reassessing the way you conduct business and your offerings is beneficial to your organization. Sadly, there is no equation for that, no line process. It keeps it vital and attractive to potential members.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Communication. Throughout this complicated planning process, it’s important to keep association leaders informed of the options and projections and elevate conversations beyond instincts and emotions.

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Ngage Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

According to Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), the world’s largest community for business events strategists, event planning is one of the most stressful jobs in the world. Here are her five pitfalls of event planning and how to avoid them. Managing Multiple Moving Pieces.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Online community and marketing tools open up communications with your supporters. Fundraising campaign management tools allow you to create and track campaigns, accept online donations, and manage fundraising events. Understand the configuration process. Software integrations streamline your operations. Mobile giving.

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MemberClicks

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As you begin putting together your events, you’ll want to create a robust plan so your future conferences and events are efficient and engaging for attendees, no matter what is thrown your way. 9 Event Planning Tips for Improved Events. Start your planning process early.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Host: KiKi L’Italien, Vice President, Marketing and Community Engagement, Big Red M Guest: Liz Peuster, CAE, Director Of Communications & Public Relations, South Carolina Association of CPAs *All events are online at Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted. More info/register. Fri 2/2 at 4 p.m. More info/register.

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Blue Sky eLearn

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As with any new process, we know there’s a learning curve to figuring out how to host an enriching virtual service event. To set your association’s virtual service event up for success, leaders should: Define goals and create a schedule. Construct a communication plan to engage members.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 19, 2020

They explain how communication plays a huge role in that effort. Virtual event benefits. Fíonta suggests looking at your cancelled events as opportunities to design new experiences for attendees, sponsors and exhibitors—now you can have virtual events that generate both revenue and engagement. . More info/register.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Since your members are interested in your speakers and what they’ll be talking about at your event, speaker management is one of the most important aspects of event planning. Your call for proposals, speaker selection, and speaker registration processes must go smoothly or your event’s quality will suffer.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 21, 2022

Marketing, membership and communications awards. Gold Circle Awards recognize excellence in marketing, membership, and communications in 15 categories. Learn more about the application process, including tips for a successful submission and insider knowledge about what the judges seek, during a 1/28 webinar—details below.

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Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Benchmark survey on communicating in the current climate. Naylor and Association Adviser’s annual Association Communications Benchmarking Study is now open to association professionals. More info/register. Host: PCMA.

Puerto Rico 370

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GrowthZone

MARCH 13, 2021

Manage membership data and communications. Simplify event and exhibit management. Select an AMS that will meet all of your organizational needs, such as: member database, email system, convenient billing and payment options, event planning, and website building. Generate revenue. Streamline operations. No IT department?

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Reid All About it

JUNE 16, 2023

Event planning. Is your event planning to-do list still up to snuff? Whether you’re new to the business or have been planning events forever, take a look at the post-pandemic event checklist put together by Impexium. Is it a system, a process, a style, a tool, or software? More info/register.

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Reid All About it

MAY 12, 2023

Amith Nagarajan at Sidecar explains the basics of API —“the communication bridge between different software applications”—the problem with misleading “integrates with anything” claims and questions to ask vendors during the software evaluation process. No plan, no progress. State of the association industry.

Chicago 201

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Reid All About it

JUNE 26, 2020

Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events. Learn how going virtual affects the event planning lifecycle (what stays, what goes, what changes); how to build an engaging virtual event your attendees will love, and how to connect them with each other; and best practices from industry peers for virtual events of all sizes.

Montana 370

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NXUnite

MAY 15, 2024

It can take six months or longer to plan a nonprofit event and market it effectively. Then, the event itself requires careful management and will inevitably face a few challenges. Follow-up is an indispensable aspect of donor engagement for solidifying supporter relationships after they’ve attended an event.

Tips 130

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Reid All About it

MARCH 16, 2018

If you plan to shop for a new learning management system (LMS) in the coming year, WBT Systems explains why you may want to work with an LMS consultant during the requirements, selection, and/or implementation process. Own Post-Event Planning! How to Hit the Ground Running After Your Event. Get It Write ).

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Lewis Flax says a mistake made by associations when communicating with sponsors is focusing on what the association offers instead of the prospective sponsor’s needs, desires, and motivations. Fri 10/29 at 12 p.m.* – DC Book Club – Diversity & Inclusion: Process and Policies. Sponsorship sales. He describes his S.C.O.R.E

Revenue 195

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Higher Logic

MAY 1, 2018

You also need sustainable, behind-the-scenes management processes and tools to help you pull off a seamless event every time. When you’re looking at your next event, plan on including these five expert strategies to ensure your event is smoother and more successful than your last: Choose the right event software.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Check out what James Young at Product Community has to say about building and using a community engagement funnel. Unlike social media, a mobile app serves as a centralized communication channel for your members. Member app. Bulletin describes how a member app enhances and fosters member engagement. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

For the Love of Events ROI Hear different perspectives on measuring your event’s ROI and driving a better member experience. Learn about meaningful survey questions to provide actionable insights, examples of insights and trends to improve the member experience, and the event planning and data journey to increase your events ROI.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Event management: Plan, communicate and take registrations for your events. Conferences and events are big money-makers and significant value-adds for your members, but pulling them off takes some skill and the right resources. Simplify your event manager’s role with tools like these.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I craved well-executed events and innovative initiatives with clear processes and consistently met goals (don’t we all). It’s a methodology with a real structured approach—clear goals, defined roles, and measurable milestones that improve planning and execution.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 11, 2023

Learn how to implement innovation into your onboarding process to encourage all members to be committed, engaged and value-driven. Event Budget Magic: How to Hit KPIs in Any Economy Learn how to use a 19-tab spreadsheet template to link expenses to key performance indicator goals. . 1 CAE credit. More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

Chicago 195

Chicago Certificate Education Marketing 195

Reid All About it

JULY 20, 2018

Well, okay, he didn’t exactly speak to membership but he did talk and write about communication tactics that should be applied to membership. Learn what is up and coming in the world of multigenerational event planning. Explore how to harvest each generations’ knowledge and preferences to create an amazing event.

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LMS DC Washington Member Engagement 30

Reid All About it

JUNE 23, 2023

WBT Systems goes over some ChatGPT basics, brings up some concerns—like why you shouldn’t rely upon it to do all your work, and explains how association professionals, including education teams, are using ChatGPT to save time and jump-start the creative process. Our AI future. More info/register. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2021

Planners can create custom, dynamic event experiences with the ability to book group/individual rooms, air, exclusive Covid-19 at-home airport pickup and drop off service, airport transfers and local activities. With a built in CRM, communication with suppliers and attendees is effortlessly straightforward.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Built on a foundation of over 35 years’ industry expertise, EventPro Software combines the functionality needed for venue booking, event planning, and catering management in one comprehensive, scalable system that can be deployed On-Prem through desktop or network installation, or via our Private Cloud with separate client-dedicated databases.

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