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Learning revenue. After the mass transition to remote work, I wondered how people were interacting and building relationships with co-workers, especially in organizations where leaders didnt make that a priority. Post-conference buzz. How hard does your organization sell this aspect of your events? Makes sense to me!
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Virtual conference complaints—and solutions. We’ve had a few months now of quickly planned virtual conferences and learning events. WBT Systems has been tuning in—they describe ten attendee complaints about virtual conferences and provide suggestions to resolve them. Virtual conference success stories. Here’s another one.
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. You dont have to be an ASAE member to attend this consultant-organized event. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.
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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. Fri 4/2 at 3:45 p.m. every Monday.
Chapters can continue to generate non-dues revenue by partnering with their sponsors in new ways. Billhighway explains how to help chapters leverage their event and content assets to deliver desperately needed revenue to their bottom line and value to sponsors. Virtual conference success story. Virtual conference of the week.
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 1 p.m.
This is great news for association members or customers who are looking to network with people in your organization, their peers, and other experts, as live events can deliver a lot of enthusiasm for a cause, company, or product. Want to learn more about how to drive registrations, increase event engagement, and boost revenue?
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Do we have approval to book live conferences? – Member ROI Simplified: Safeguarding Your Organization’s Future. The most important method for safeguarding your organization’s future is to research, embrace, and maximize your Member ROI. Organizer: Claudia Trapp, CAE, Senior Director, Programs and Education, IRP, Inc.
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.
In the GrowthZone AMS 2021 Association Industry Survey Report , we asked association staff and executives, “Related to your organization’s response to COVID, are there any success stories you’d like to share?” Our organization worked with the governor’s office to ensure safe and reliable electricity service.
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Meetings Today talked to event planners about revenue diversification, in-person vs. virtual attendee engagement, and managing your mindset. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology shared some of their sponsorship plans for an upcoming virtual conference on Collaborate (sorry, ASAE members only). Good question.
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. This series of 15-minute videos cover hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. 1 CMP credit.
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Check out this 15-minute web series covering hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. Presenters: Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Organizer: ASAE Greater Washington / National Capital Community. .* – Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia.
The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Inclusive conferences. Barbara Palmer at PCMA Convene lists eight ways conferenceorganizers, sponsors, speakers and attendees can make conferences more racially diverse. Conference and education teams. Implicit bias.
Quick hits before we get to the list of next week’s free education: Association revenue resilience: build a foundation with content pillars. Fri 10/23 at 10 a.m.* – Member ROI Simplified: Safeguarding Your Organization’s Future. Count me in. I’m subscribing to magazines again after taking some years off. More info/register.
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Conference design. Conference/abstract management. Ex Ordo describes how to implement conference and abstract management software for medical, technical, scientific, and academic association events. Competing against niche professional organizations, membership and conferencerevenue has “slowed to a trickle.”
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