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Motown magic continues to attract business

Aaron Wolowiec

Detroit’s Cobo Center. I’m sure I can speak for my fellow Michiganders: We’ve watched with heartbreak as Detroit, once the most prosperous city in the country, has struggled to financially support its declining population. A recent Detroit Free Press column by Tom Walsh piqued my interest for this blog. It’s not pretty.

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Society for Independent Show Organizers names 2019 Event Innovation Battlefield nominees

Event Industry News

The Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO), the global association of the for-profit trade and consumer show organisers, has announced that Goodshuffle, PLNIFY, Rebus, Resiada, and Smartxpohave been nominated to present at its seventh annual Event Innovation Battlefield. It’s a win-win-win which will advance the event industry.”

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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. At.orgCommunity’s recent Innovation Summit, Sharon explored how Blue Ocean Strategy can help you bypass the sharks and find your way to offering unique and powerful member value.

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Obsessive Innovation: Why Associations Must Constantly Turn to What’s Next

Associations Now

At the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Detroit Sunday, opening general session speaker Josh Linkner explained to association leaders the five “obsessions” of innovative thinkers and showed them how they can be adopted back at the office. The best of the best are always focused on reinventing. Get curious.

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Events Industry Council announces Recipients of 2022 Global Awards

Event Industry News

Pacesetter Award: David Hidalgo , Show Director, IBTM Americas – RX, and Katharina Path , Marketing Manager Conventions, Frankfurt Convention Bureau. TheAward recognises emerging leaders whose forward thinking and innovative approach has led to ground-breaking changes that are advancing the industry today.

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What to Do When Membership Is Booming?

Associations Now

For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit. There are so many innovations, like collaborative robots and vision technologies, in more places, what I call robotics clusters—Pittsburgh, Boston, Silicon Valley, San Diego, and Austin, to name a few,” he says. We’re aiming to engage new members early on.”.

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The Future of Rental Cars Is Here

Associations Now

The result of all these changes is that an industry that has undergone quite a bit of consolidation in recent years, with mergers affecting both traditional car-rental companies and newer ones like Zipcar, is seeing lots of innovation without nearly the level of attention that ride-sharing companies like Uber have received.

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