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Associations Respond to Hurricane Harvey

Spark Consulting

In case you missed it, ASAE’s Collaborate forum (member login required) has recently been hosting a robust discussion of how associations are helping their members and the local community in Houston and southwest Louisiana respond to Hurricane Harvey. Some are doing it automatically, while some are doing it only upon request.

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Local Media Association Brings Accelerator Program to Publishers of Color

Associations Now

Working with five major African-American-owned newspapers, LMA is using its recently launched accelerator program to help the papers expand digital revenue. Five big-city papers— The Atlanta Voice , The Dallas Weekly , New York Amsterdam News , Houston Defender , and The Washington Informer —are pilot papers in the initiative.

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Eventbase booming with return to live events

Event Industry News

Revenues have more than doubled in the past six months and we’ve been hiring rapidly to keep up with demand for our industry-leading mobile event apps. Following record lows in 2021, marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue climbed from 6.4% Written by Jeff Sinclair Co-founder & CEO, Eventbase .

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Eventbase booming with return to live events

Event Industry News

Revenues have more than doubled in the past six months and we’ve been hiring rapidly to keep up with demand for our industry-leading mobile event apps. Following record lows in 2021, marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue climbed from 6.4% Written by Jeff Sinclair Co-founder & CEO, Eventbase .

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Making Business Sense of Climate Change ? A Green Meeting Guide

GlowGlobally

Vanessa Cotton and I reprised for another session on Tuesday at MPI’s PEC NA in Houston on the topic of “making a business case for developing a sustainable strategy” for meetings and events from a planner and supplier perspective. They actually have a worm farm that converts waste to compost as a new revenue streams.

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Groups Denounce Texas Bill as Discriminatory Ahead of Special Session

Associations Now

According to Texas Welcomes All, the state has already lost $66 million in revenue due to cancellation of events that were to have been held in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Arlington.

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San Antonio CVB Takes Steps to Transition to Nonprofit

Associations Now

Council approval would allow SACVB to seek 501(c)(6) status, giving it the ability to bring in revenue from fundraising, corporate sponsorships, partnerships, advertising, and membership dues in addition to city funding. Increased marketing efforts will also give vendors greater visibility.