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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

Shifting marketing budgets. Exhibit service contractors are now directly competing with the association for their share of exhibitors’ marketing budget. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event. Exhibitors are being more selective about the conferences they will support. Price increases.

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Association Brain Food: 2.2.24

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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. More info/register. More info/register. Host: WorkerBee.TV More info/register.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Marketing copy. If you’re frequently under pressure to come up with clever and compelling marketing copy, I feel for you. Event safety. During the last one, they introduced their event safety playbook full of tips and resources.

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Daily Buzz: An “Impossible” Path to Leadership

Associations Now

I couldn’t have imagined myself doing this,” Brown told the magazine. But the most powerful, subversive tool on earth is the free market. But we're in marketing, so we need to know what it is. link] #marketing #socialmedia #tech #assnchat pic.twitter.com/eydsEyFDBa. According to a new profile in Inc. ,

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

Reid All About it

They described it as “a drop-in forum that will bring business events professionals together for authentic connections and topical conversation” in a virtual format. Participants posted their topics on e180’s Topic Market and sent invitations for one-on-one or group Braindates—video chat discussions on the Braindate platform.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.26.20

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In an interview with Knowable Magazine, social psychologist Anthony Greenwald explains what works and what doesn’t work to curb implicit bias. Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events. Hear the experiences of organizers who have successfully delivered virtual research events to their communities. Implicit bias.

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Celebrating two years

Aaron Wolowiec

As it quickly grew, Hill led – and continues to lead – many of the firm’s strategic marketing initiatives, including outreach to association leaders nationwide. As most of you know by now, I came on board this summer as digital content manager to help Event Garde grow its online and public presence.

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