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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

This perfect storm significantly threatens the sustainability of associations and adds tremendous pressure to those who are organizing events to find ways to improve their financial performance. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event. You’re faced with lots of problems, but few solutions.

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Daily Buzz: An “Impossible” Path to Leadership

Associations Now

The story of Impossible Foods starts with a scientist who decided to embrace leadership for a greater cause. I couldn’t have imagined myself doing this,” Brown told the magazine. The Event Manager Blog has more than a dozen separate event-planning checklists that might come in handy for your annual meeting.

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Association Brain Food: 2.2.24

Reid All About it

Print magazines. m3Magazines shares advice on transforming your magazine into a valuable asset members will love. They start with the benefits of a well-crafted print magazine, just in case you have to make a case to your leadership team. Generation Z. More info/register. Host: Bizzabo Speakers: Sarah E.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

Reid All About it

This opportunity is for association professionals who are responsible for reporting analytics to leadership, Boards of Directors, and other stakeholders, to come together in a free-flowing environment to share their lunchtime and discuss data analytics topics. Host: Liz King Events. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Wed 6/3 at 9 a.m.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.26.20

Reid All About it

In an interview with Knowable Magazine, social psychologist Anthony Greenwald explains what works and what doesn’t work to curb implicit bias. Amy Ledoux, CAE, CMP, chief learning and meetings officer, ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership. Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events. Implicit bias.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

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Get a glimpse into questions company leadership must ask themselves when considering the future of their workers and workplace environments. Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events: Understanding the 2021 Event Budget. Host: Event Farm. Legal Considerations for Nonprofits. CAE/CMP credit. More info/register.

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Friday Buzz: How McDonald’s Scored Big With Its Corporate Event

Associations Now

That inventiveness extends to its event planning. Every two years, the company puts on a Worldwide Convention in Orange County, California, and it tried a new approach to promote the event this year: Rather than simply launching an event site on its intranet, it created a content-heavy Facebook-style news feed. “It

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