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2020 ASAE Virtual Annual Meeting & Exposition Breaks Event Registration Record

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ASAE released its press release this morning sharing that it had the highest registration number in the 100-year history of the event. The final attendance breakdown included: 12,813 executives, 544 exhibitors, 207 industry partners, 433 consultants, and 111 others including press, vendors, and staff. Visit Austin.

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Associations Prep and Debut Virtual Conference Options

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“Although we could not organize as much real-time interaction and question and answer sessions as we would have liked, the energy and technological savvy of our audiovisual staff and some of our PC members enabled us to add a mechanism for direct interaction in sessions …,” organizers said a press release. “We

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Recommended For You: Personalized Attendee Picks

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With [picks] uniquely tailored to each person, we hope that attendees can spend less time planning and instead make the most of their time in Austin. SXSW is a vast, intense experience, and this year we’ve focused even more deeply on using technology to make it truly personal,” said Jeff Sinclair, cofounder and CEO of Eventbase.

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Are We Creating The Wrong Type Of Conference Experiences?

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Conference organizers, planning teams, and event producers aim to top last year’s event with a bigger-name speaker, larger budgets, trendy technology and greater wows. The opening of an industry conference in Austin this past year featured a walk-on welcome from Matthew Mcconaughey. They seek to engage attendees’ emotions.

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ASAE Reveals 2020 Gold Circle Awards Winners

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Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed); Saving Jobs and Lives – End Device Tax. Austin Board of REALTORS®; Be A Member Campaign. Here are the 2020 Gold Circle Awards winners: Advocacy Campaign. Convention/Meetings Marketing Campaign. Insured Retirement Institute; IRI Annual Conference Marketing Campaign. E-Newsletter.