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Key Takeaways from PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2020

Velvet Chainsaw

The Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders in San Francisco In early January served as an engaging and energizing way to kick off a new year and a new decade. Finding and Making Lasting Connections with Your Tribe.

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Investing in Yourself: Professional Development for Community Managers

Higher Logic

You juggle member engagement, content development, tracking and measuring metrics - and that's just on Monday. Many cities have monthly meet-ups including Boston's Community Manager Meet-up , Octribe in San Francisco and Austin's Community Manager Breakfast. It's so easy to put professional development on the back burner.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.17.20

Reid All About it

This pasta al limone from Bon Appetit reminds me of a dish I had for lunch one day in a restaurant in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. Mentoring Programs – The Secret to Member Engagement. Good eats—skip down to the list of free webinars if you’re not into cooking: I wish I could eat pasta every night.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.5.20

Reid All About it

Learn how to take events online in a way that is going to deliver high value, create an engaging experience, and preserve the outcomes you were seeking to achieve with your in-person conference. Hear about some major considerations for online engagement. Breaking Open a New Channel for Member Engagement. 1 CAE credit.

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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

Nope, this all began (on a much smaller scale) back in 1986 when friends Larry Harvey and Jerry James built an 8-foot tall human effigy and burned it on Baker Beach in San Francisco (population: 35). A new trend?

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A Few Ideas to Score More Member Loyalty

Associations Now

Take a peek inside the rewards program at video-game retailer GameStop to see how incentives and personalization can drive greater member engagement. I don’t play a lot of video games. I’m more into the quick time-waster games that I can play on my phone while I’m in line at the store.

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Association Brain Food: 7.8.22

Reid All About it

Member engagement. We saw nearly 2,000 registrants for WEC 2022 in San Francisco in-person and online. LinkedIn: Maximize Member Engagement and Strategic Recruitment. You’ve joined LinkedIn, but how are you using it to leverage member and business relationships? More info/register. Host: Fridays@4.