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Going Hybrid: Tips for Event Planning in 2021 and Beyond

Protech

Events & Communication Specialist. If your association events team is still a little breathless from all the juggling you did in 2020, you’re not alone. Last year, event teams turned on a dime to pivot their in-person gatherings to virtual formats. How Will Events Evolve? By Heather Hughes – Sr.

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How to plan for an uncertain 2021 association conference format

Association Success

Event planners will need to choose from one of the three common meeting formats: in-person, virtual or hybrid. Planning for large 2021 conferences must start now despite large gaps in the information planners need. We recommend a four-step approach to make event format selections during this confusing time. .

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.29.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Monday (2/1) is the last day to participate in Marketing General Incorporated’s (MGI) 2021 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. Communicate. Host: Jay Daughtry, Chief Communications Officer/Owner, CQbd. Communicate.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.26.21

Reid All About it

MemberSuite says member expectations are different now in 2021, the bar is set higher. 4 ways to raise the bar on virtual events in 2021. Fri 2/26 at 10 a.m.* – The Nonprofit Communications Engine (NYSAE Engagement Lounge). Good enough” technology. Quick hits. The seven biggest mistakes in membership recruitment.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

Reid All About it

Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index focuses on the move to hybrid work. Even though data from our 2021 Training Trends Report tells us that in-person training will make a return, more courses will likely remain virtual. Cracking the Code on Event Networking. Hear insights culled from OnBoard’s 2021 Board Effectiveness Survey.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.29.21

Reid All About it

Leading Learning released The Virtual Conferences Report 2021. Lewis Flax says a mistake made by associations when communicating with sponsors is focusing on what the association offers instead of the prospective sponsor’s needs, desires, and motivations. – Engage 2021. The survey closes on Friday, November 5. Host: Grype.

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7 Practices to Guide Associations Through the Unpredictable Year Ahead

Membersuite

We were all looking forward to 2021, thinking the disruption caused by the pandemic would soon fade away, but COVID insists on sticking around. They figured out what their members and market needed, and provided it, such as pandemic-related resources, and new virtual networking and education events. That change is now accelerating.

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