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The Phoenix Rising

Mariner

Two chapters I met recently are struggling. In both cases, the leaderships have kept their collective eyes and heads down over the past couple of years, muscling through the program year while the world around them changed.'

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Association Meetings in a Post-Roe World

Spark Consulting

On Tuesday, October 11, Shelly Alcorn hosted Joan Eisenstodt and me on The Phoenix Cast for an important conversation about association meetings in a post-Roe world. Just as meetings are starting to recover from pandemic shutdowns, new (and old) laws are putting pregnant attendees at significant risk.

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Give Your Conference Attendees Something to Brag About

Associations Now

Phoenix-based Cloth & Flame is transforming events into experiences. There’s a real need for meeting and event planners to break the mold of the “same old, same old” and find new ways to connect with the meeting’s destination, says Lorne Edwards, senior vice president of sales and services for Visit Phoenix.

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New Member Onboarding (Part 1)

Reid All About it

Phoenix (Flickr). Like successful gyms, we should make it easy for members to fit this new habit (membership) into their lives. If they see early results, they’ll be motivated to keep coming back. Please read the rest of this post about new member onboarding at the Avectra blog. Photo by Ms. Tagged: Association , Membership.

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Turn Your Harshest Critics Into Your Biggest Supporters

Associations Now

In an article posted on PCMA.org last week , Andria Gibbon, AFCI’s vice president of events and education, discussed the unusual way the group dealt with pushback from members and a significant decline in attendance after it moved its annual Creativation show from its longtime home in Anaheim, California, to Phoenix in 2017.

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A Tuesday ‘thank you’

Aaron Wolowiec

You can also see how Phoenix House recapped its 2012 #GivingTuesday campaign and closed the loop for campaign participants with a heartfelt response from program beneficiaries. It’s also important to communicate that to your donors, and never forget to say thank you!

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Congratulations, 2024 Chamber of the Year Finalists!

GrowthZone

| Newnan, Georgia Opelika Chamber of Commerce | Opelika, Alabama Category Two Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce | Holland, Michigan Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce | Paducah, Kentucky Vail Valley Partnership | Edwards, Colorado Category Three Bend Chamber of Commerce | Bend, Oregon Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry | Appleton, (..)