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AUGUST 7, 2020

They offer webinars, blog posts, and maybe even conferences to your members. Host: Adrian Segar, founder, Conferences That Work. Learn how to take events online in a way that will deliver high value, create an engaging experience, and preserve the outcomes you were seeking to achieve with your in-person conference.

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Blue Sky eLearn

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We had an online portal where we’d store on-demand content from these events, as well as content recorded from conferences. And while 2021 has seen some conferences and meetings go back to being in-person, one thing is for sure— virtual is here to stay. Virtual conferences and eLearning have allowed people to save time, money, or both.

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Reid All About it

JULY 17, 2020

Virtual event sponsorship example. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology shared some of their sponsorship plans for an upcoming virtual conference on Collaborate (sorry, ASAE members only). 5 virtual conference pricing strategies. How to Implement Successful Networking in Your Online Events & Conferences.

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MemberClicks

JANUARY 22, 2025

Partnership Examples: Co-hosting an Industry Event: Two organizations collaborate to organize a conference, combining their networks and expertise to attract a larger audience. For example, if a trade association partners with a research firm to create industry reports, both parties benefit from the partnership.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Project Management Institute developed a successful social media campaign for its recent conference by giving creative freedom to staff, embracing an informal approach, and providing opportunities for members to participate. At previous conferences, the association posted a summary of its daily keynote sessions.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 2, 2021

Future conference attendance. A new report from Bruce Rosenthal Associates, HPN, and Ricochet Advice, The Conference Roadmap to Recovery , presents survey responses from 8,525 association members on their likelihood to attend conferences in 2021. Hybrid conferences. Educational coaches. Guest: Sandy Weiss. 1 CAE credit.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 19, 2020

Your virtual conference can still be meaningful and engaging for your audience. Put on a Great Virtual Conference with These 6 Strategies. For example, will you run live or recorded sessions? Speaking of your audience, they’re craving connection and support right about now. Let’s refocus together. Work fun swag into your plans.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

For example, if you’re a marketing specialist, you might ask the tool to help compose tweets for podcast promotions or come up with a few subject lines for your emails. One great example of association’s rising to the occasion as thought leaders for their members is the COVID response. The results?

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Virtual conferences. Not going virtual is not an option for association conferences , says MemberSuite. If you’re tempted to not host a virtual conference in the coming year, consider the questions they pose before making a final decision. How to Project Leadership and Get Results on Video Conferences. Member engagement.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 8, 2020

Parents and non-parents alike have shared ideas for keeping kiddos occupied during conference calls and times where you need to focus. Turning on your video for conference calls (fine, it’s okay to leave it off when you’re having a truly bad hair day). Pictured above: One of our employee's three furry coworkers. Number one tip?

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This impacts association meetings, which in turn impacts everything most associations do because the conference often provides 30-50% of annual revenue. Back to the example of an annual conference, unlike six months ago, there are success stories on going virtual. What you did yesterday won’t work today.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Conference/event evaluations. Mastering Memory for Professional Success & Peak Performance Hear how to develop life changing memory skills that you can immediately apply to better retaining and recalling valuable information from conference sessions, training classes, and other professional development activities.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 10, 2020

Virtual conference engagement. Because so many associations are quickly converting their in-person conferences to virtual conferences, WBT Systems shares advice on engaging virtual conference attendees with the right kind of content design, networking ideas, and other extracurricular activities. Mon 4/13 at 2 p.m.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 29, 2024

For example, tailor activities for members in the “May or May Not Renew” category based on key renewal factors. Do members who attend your conference usually renew? Use your new crystal ball to help build your mid- and end-of-year strategies. What about certain member types? This is also a manual exercise.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you create education and conference program titles and descriptions for your association’s website, search engine optimization (SEO) will make those programs more discoverable by potential learners and attendees. Conference insights from forward-thinking association event directors. SEO for education programs. Quick hits.

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Reid All About it

JULY 31, 2020

Planning virtual conferences. Lisa Block at Velvet Chainsaw Consulting suggests a list of questions to consider—about business model, meaningful engagement and content development—when planning a virtual conference. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Host: Feathr.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 29, 2021

Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. – How to Get Started Planning Your Hybrid Conference. While it’s not yet clear what “hybrid” will mean for scientific conference planners in 2021, the future looks promising. Tue 2/2 at 11 a.m. Thu 2/4 at 11:30 a.m.

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Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

Virtual conference success story. I’m going to keep my eye out for good stories since everyone’s trying to learn about virtual conferences right now. Virtual conference of the week. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Tue 5/19 from 9 a.m. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Virtual conference pricing. WBT Systems describes the different factors you need to consider when pricing a virtual conference , and right at the top they say, “Your virtual conference should not be free.”. Virtual conference FOMO.

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EventMobi: Association Events

JULY 31, 2024

I’m not going to be able to get to all of that content in a three-day conference—but I think that probably presents the opportunity now.” I think, as part of designing the event slightly differently, we have to think about the event not as this three-day conference where that education, that content, is kind of used up,” Webb says.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 9, 2020

At MIT Technology Review, Tanya Basu shares ideas for helping remote workers recreate watercooler moments —the same ideas can help you simulate conference hallway conversations too. Virtual conference sponsors. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Remote watercooler.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

For example, people who attend your Annual Meeting may not overlap with the same group that attends your Technology conference. For example, in 2020, when everything was remote, did your attendance spike because people could attend virtually? When looking at trends, be sure to include contextual data to get the full picture.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Making a case for conference attendance. If you want to get approval to attend a conference, Barbara Scofidio at Skift Meetings describes five areas to cover when writing an event justification letter to your boss. 1 CAE credit.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 21, 2019

These gatherings are held solely in the virtual space, whether it’s a video stream, a web conference, or even a virtual environment meeting. For example: An association is hosting an industry conference and wants to improve the educational sessions and material it offers. Collecting the data. Probably not.

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GrowthZone

JULY 21, 2021

Now that in-person events are returning, organizations must choose one of three options: stick with a virtual conference, switch to an in-person conference or pivot to a hybrid conference. However, costs for hybrid conference software, venue fees, and equipment rentals quickly add up. HYBRID CONFERENCING ON A BUDGET.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2025

For example, a 2021 report from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation found that 89% of funders turn to trusted external peers or internal colleagues for knowledge about philanthropic practice. This might mean attending conferences, joining peer communities, or volunteering to find the relationships you value.

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Higher Logic

MAY 13, 2020

The great ideas and valuable connections members build with each other at your annual conference can happen all the time. Here’s just one example: Using community data to create relevant programming. With tools like online community and marketing automation , you recreate the best parts of your association online.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 25, 2019

Meeting and conference attendees increasingly expect ways to engage organizers, presenters, and each other – from the moment they register until months after the event. About that last minute location change… no one loves to break a sweat running to the wrong conference room. Mobile Event Apps: No Laptop? No Problem.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, let’s say your association sold two products (Product A and Product B) last year that brought in the same total revenue – $20,000 each. It’s time to get more nuanced – focus on what’s bringing the most value to your members and what level of effort (dollars or team resources) it takes to deliver that revenue.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Enjoy these recognizable examples of technology or optimization causing us to be worse off than we were before. Come with a curious mind, participate in a live Q&A, and leave with real-life examples and tips you can modify to tackle your most challenging recruitment dilemmas. Snacks Are we too impatient to be intelligent?

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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

Here are five examples of priorities you might find in your association’s strategic plan, along with key points for how community helps. Example: “X platform is cheap/free. For example, a tool that’s made for forums could be helpful for creating more interaction, but that’s not a true community. Objection 1: Price.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 18, 2021

Virtual conference networking. Lee Gimpel of Better Meetings is calling out virtual conference organizers for giving the label “networking opportunities” to five types of experiences that don’t deliver on the networking promise , including the ubiquitous chat box. Lessons learned while planning a hybrid conference for APHON.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 4, 2021

Of course, you know they have a good answer, which they share in their latest post along with examples of how two associations use chapter benchmarking data to spark change. Introvert-friendly conferences. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Tue 6/8 from 10 a.m.

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EventMobi: Association Events

JUNE 19, 2024

Karen recently helped plan the annual conference for the Association of Academic Surgical Administrators , which was held in Boston. 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.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Take, for example, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. ACOFP had a 90% attendance rate for its virtual conference, ACOFP ’20 Virtual, which the organization created to replace its annual in-person convention. As mentioned earlier, ACOFP had a whopping 90% attendance rate for their conference.

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Reid All About it

MAY 3, 2019

Learn how to overcome barriers to embracing new technologies and see a real-world example of the impact automation can make. Conference Trends Every Meeting Planner Should Know. Jump in for a fast-paced dive into the conference trends that are changing the game and walk away with ideas you can implement right away. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

JULY 10, 2020

Virtual conferences and events held in March and April were at an advantage—attendees weren’t yet in full-on Zoom fatigue. Virtual conference success. The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians went virtual with their conference early in the pandemic, March 19, to be exact. Virtual conference sponsorships.

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