Aaron Wolowiec

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5 Books We’re Loving This Conference Season

Aaron Wolowiec

Following are the five books that most piqued his interest this conference season. As a result, Aaron has been introduced to new topics and new books that he looks forward to learning more about.

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A Virtual Conference Without a Virtual Platform

Aaron Wolowiec

As 2020 was wrapping up, and association executives had seen their fair share of virtual event platforms, the Michigan Society of Association Executives wanted to go back to basics for their January operations conference.

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Flipping the Script on Conference Education: 13 Lessons Learned

Aaron Wolowiec

One of our clients elected to depart from its usual 90-minute panel presentations to experiment with a new and highly interactive learning format for about 125 people. Overall, I think this was an important and much-needed change that most people really enjoyed. Of course, there remains room for improvement both in planning and in implementation.

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Plan, attack, conquer: A conference strategy

Aaron Wolowiec

13-16, we wanted to share more advice from conference goers to help you capitalize on your experience. Like many people, when I attended my first ASAE conference in 2006, I was overwhelmed and distracted by how the massive number of people, sessions and booths. So I developed a process I now use for every conference, including ASAE.

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The Real Estate of the Conference Namebadge (Part III: The Back)

Aaron Wolowiec

Event Garde is a professional development consulting firm committed to lifelong learning—for ourselves, our community and those who attend the meetings we facilitate—believing in its ability to create well-connected leaders and to foster performance improvement.

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Plan, attack, conquer: A conference strategy

Aaron Wolowiec

13-16, we wanted to share more advice from conference goers to help you capitalize on your experience. Like many people, when I attended my first ASAE conference in 2006, I was overwhelmed and distracted by how the massive number of people, sessions and booths. So I developed a process I now use for every conference, including ASAE.

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Disney-inspired conference experiences

Aaron Wolowiec

If we dive a bit more deeply into this aspirational culture statement it’s easy to see how the values that make The Walt Disney Company an extraordinary place to work are the same values that are capable of transforming association events into member-centric conference experiences. Honor and respect your key stakeholders (e.g.,