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How Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Can Help Associations Adapt to a Tight Events Market

Associations Now

For the past decade, Travel Portland has been focusing on intentional change with its EDI efforts, said Angela Nelson, vice president of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Travel Portland recently reviewed its process for evaluating vendors when it issues requests for proposals and requests for qualifications. “We

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Preparing Your Association for AI

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For example, if you’re a marketing specialist, you might ask the tool to help compose tweets for podcast promotions or come up with a few subject lines for your emails. AI’s Impact on Staff and Members Let’s say your team is on board with using AI, but you have no idea where to start.

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Florist Society’s Solution to Stress: A Little Flower Power

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The Society of American Florists is embracing its product’s ties to ‘60s hippie culture in a new chill-out marketing campaign. Flower power is absolutely real and provides a moment of calm we all need in the fast-paced world we live in,” SAF Vice President of Marketing Jennifer Sparks said in a news release.

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2020 ASAE Virtual Annual Meeting & Exposition Breaks Event Registration Record

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At any rate, I think more could have been done with some creative marketing for suppliers working with ASAE and hoping to augment their investment. Travel Portland. Or, if they did, maybe I wasn’t part of that list. David Patt posted a great summary of his overall impressions and feedback for the conference on LinkedIn, too.

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Try a Mindful New Holiday Tradition

Holly Duckworth

The first year I was in Denver I attended the ballet, the next I attended Denver Christkindl German market. Today I write from Portland Maine. As a woman from Portland, Oregon it’s also my first time to the “other” Portland. I love traditions and one of my traditions is always doing one thing new each holiday.

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KiKi's Unofficial ASAE Annual 2016 Party List (a.k.a. How to Never Be Alone at #ASAE16)

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

8/14 Sunday 5:00pm - 6:00pm International Reception Marriott, Room Wasatch 8/14 Sunday 5:00pm - 7:00pm American Technology Services Green Pig Pub, 31 E 400 S. 8/14 Sunday 6:00 PM Pokémon Go meetup! Bean Creative Meet at the South Foyer/South Plaza entrance on Level One (look for the Pikachu balloon!)

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Maine Tourism Group Launches Service to Help Members Find Employees

Associations Now

In a statement to the Portland Press Herald , executive director Chris Fogg said that MTA is planning to cast a wide net to fill the employment need, especially by bringing in workers from other states.

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