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Tuesday Buzz: Getting Ready for Detroit

Associations Now

Some of the most informative guides you can find ahead of the 2015 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, taking place in Detroit this weekend. You may have heard that the 2015 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition is taking over Detroit this weekend. The old Detroit Free Press building got its plywooded windows covered today w/graphics.

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Insects for Dinner? New Trade Group Hopes to Make the Case

Associations Now

The group, launched at an event in Detroit, highlights the fact that some startups see the Motor City as ripe for edible-bug manufacturing. This weekend, the North American Edible Insects Coalition (NAEIC) is holding its first-ever meeting as part of the Eating Insects Detroit conference, taking place at Wayne State University.

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My weekend in the “D” – an open letter to my DELPers

Association Advocacy Chick

Dear DELPers, This past weekend, we came together in the Detroit area for a special purpose. Sponsored by the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, it was an opportunity for alumni to reconnect and haze meet the new class of DELP scholars who we affectionately call the newbies.

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Reinvent What You Do, Not Who You Are

Association Subculture

And now, Detroit. Our beloved Detroit is in danger of losing its soul. Of course not. It's spreading to Indiana, Wisconsin and New York. This poison is infecting us too and I'm tired of being nice about it. This is a much bigger threat to associations than our members ever could be.

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Podcast: Agency for change

Event Industry News

Johnson started as a flag maker/sail repair business in Detroit, providing for automotive events in the city. We talk about the pandemic challenges too of course, the growth in hybrid/virtual events, technologies, platforms and solutions. In this episode, Jason Megson, managing director at George P.

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Association E-Learning: 3 Tips to Provide Member Value

Fonteva

How can you, or the e-learning development company you choose to work with, create courses that can’t be overlooked? E-learning courses need to help your association members do something better , whether in their jobs or personal lives. In-person training courses are likely canceled for the near future. Look around you.

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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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Even if your association is trapped in a sea of competition, you can change course and sail toward possibility. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based team was motivated by the desire to find solutions for struggling businesses like the Detroit automobile producers. Are sharks circling your member base, eyeing bites for their next meal?