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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. Shifting marketing budgets. Price increases.

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Association Brain Food: 2.7.25

Reid All About it

If youre embarking on an AMS project, start your research by reviewing 108 Ideaspaces list of issues to consider when selecting an association management system (AMS) , such as reporting, security, API, technology partners, access control, cost of ownership, vendor stability, and the ability to expand software capabilities as your needs change.

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Seasonal event planning (yes summer is the perfect time to plan for Christmas)

Event Industry News

I’d like to give myself a sharp talking to, but you have to trust me when I say summer is the perfect time to get your Christmas event planning under way. For most of us, seasonal event planning usually kicks off around October, after the summer holidays are over and the winter wardrobe is making an appearance.

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OnePlan – The revolutionary event-planning tool

Event Industry News

It supports event professionals to plan safer events by utilising intuitive space planning and measurement tools within a global mapping platform. Reduce the time, cost and stress of event planning. Any area can be plotted onto OnePlan to provide an instant crowd capacity.

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Why your association should adopt pricing discounts

Nimble AMS

Reduced marketing costs Offering exclusive discounts to your existing email list or member base is often less costly than acquiring new leads through paid advertising. Event registration pushes. Try using early-bird pricing to incentivize your event attendees to register earlier, also helping your association with event planning.

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Inclusive Event Planning after COVID-19

AssociationChat

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. This could have a huge effect on budgets as it’s likely to be less cost-effective. Would a one-way system work?

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17 Event Planning Tips for Engaging, Streamlined Events

MemberClicks

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. Or do attendees prefer an all-online conference or a hybrid event?