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Why High-Tech is High(er) on the List for Meeting Planners

Associations Now

Are there interesting things to do outside of the conference center or hotel? And if you are thinking that focusing on a city’s tech scene narrows your options to a few places—San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or Boston—think again. It’s a more relevant question than you might think.

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Put Members in the Spotlight as Meeting Storytellers

Associations Now

When members gather at conferences, you have a big opportunity to collect their stories to showcase the people who make up your community. Face-to-face communication has grown scarcer in this digital age, when emails, texts, and social media posts often replace direct, two-way conversation.

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Join the “Human Revolution” at Work

Associations Now

In the digital age, association teams will increase their success and well-being when they focus on human interaction and engagement at work, says workplace strategist Erica Keswin, opening ASAE’s Associations @ Work Business Conference on Monday. Can you guess the number of times you’ve looked at your phone today?

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Investing in Yourself: Professional Development for Community Managers

Higher Logic

A conference. You wear a lot of hats as a community manager. Your training budget just got eaten by your conference travel and expenses. In the SOCM 2015 a significant majority of best-in-class communities provide one or more types of professional development opportunities to their community teams. A workshop.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.5.20

Reid All About it

Oh yeah, pandemic, virtual conferences, faltering economy and all that. What happens after your virtual conference. MemberSuite says, “The virtual conference is where the attendee experience begins, but not where it ends.” Virtual conference success story. AAM’s Twitter stream gives you a sense of the conference program.

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Did You Know? Associations Prepared for a Natural Disaster or Cyber Attack, But Not Other Potential Crises

Association Adviser

No event planner wants to have a negative incident impact their conference or trade show, but hurricanes, wildfires, violence or other events that are either impossible or very difficult to control can still happen. The registration area of MPINCC’s 2017 Annual Conference & Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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Ryan Davis, CEO of CINC Systems, on Accepting the Unknown

AvidXchange: Association Management

Listeners learn tips on how to accept change and navigate the related challenges. Continue reading for a summary of the podcast or download the full episode now. Using Storytelling to Communicate Through Change Adapting to change is essential for business and personal success. And so I was out in San Francisco in October.

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