Association Adviser

JANUARY 20, 2014

Five Predictions for 2014. 12 Outdated Web Features That Need to Disappear in 2014. BOMA Winter Meeting and National Issues Conference. March 3-6, 2014. Contact us today for an assessment of your current communications plans and non-dues revenue strategies. Tania Anderson. Scott Gerber. Alex Kantrowitz.

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Associations Now

MAY 15, 2014

Experts gather in Seattle to discuss the brave new world of 21st-century communication. Plus: a conference that sets its sights beyond our stratosphere. Communication is an important activity of any association. What’s the latest in communications science and theory? The Week Ahead.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 17, 2014

Is Your Conference Location Walkable Enough? 3 Ways to Get Members to Read Your Marketing Communications. Contact us today for an assessment of your current communications plans and non-dues revenue strategies. The post Best of the Web: June 2014 appeared first on Association Adviser. Carolyn Valliere. Ernie Smith.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Conference design. Conference/abstract management. Ex Ordo describes how to implement conference and abstract management software for medical, technical, scientific, and academic association events. Competing against niche professional organizations, membership and conference revenue has “slowed to a trickle.”

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Spark Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The ASAE Marketing Section Council is conducting a short survey to measure interest in various marketing-related topics for purposes of supporting ASAE’s marketing educational efforts, including the types of sessions we’ll see at next spring’s 2014 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference.

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Spark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Calling all marketing, membership, and communications professionals! One of our tasks is to help with the proposal process for the 2014 Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference. communication conferences crowdsourcing marketing membership ASAE' What do you want to learn?

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 23, 2016

Jennifer Grau, president, Grau Interpersonal Communication. This month’s guest blog post is by Jennifer Grau , president of Grau Interpersonal Communication , who is a listening trainer, coach, facilitator, speaker and consultant. People rarely design conferences with quality listening in mind. Words wash over them.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 2, 2014

MGI’s 2014 Membership Marketing Benchmark report is out. blog roundup communication conferences curation innovation leadership management marketing membership social media Aaron Wolowiec ASAE Associations Now Innovation Excellence Joe Pulizzi Kathi Rabil Kim Howard Marketing General surveys Upworthy' ” Yep.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Solid preparation and a communications plan helped keep the event going. — APSA (@APSAtweets) August 30, 2014. “We Eventually APSA staff were able to retrieve a few computers and set up two communications centers. the conference continued largely as planned. “We We are outside with you at Marriott.

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ChatterBachs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Jay Daughtry is available to facilitate staff retreats and team-building exercises in 2014. Exercises that focus on customer service, communication, storytelling, collaboration, innovation, and related topics include but are not limited to: Five Objects. Communicate Like You’re Life Depended on It. The Tattoo Question.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Tracy Tompkins and Alex DeBarr talk more about integrated communications. After the conference, a coordinated series of five emails was sent to all MHEDA members. From the Front Lines Marketing & Communications AGC communications email email marketing integrated communications marketing MHEDA video'

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Associations Now

JUNE 18, 2014

Tech tools were the talk of ASAE’s 2014 Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference. Also: the things that marketers want most, according to a poll taken at the conference. — Sandra Giarde, CAE (@sgiarde) June 17, 2014. — Amanda Kaiser (@SmoothThePath) June 17, 2014.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 23, 2014

No joke—Santa can really teach you how to improve membership communication. Plus: the best ways to open a conference. Taking a look at kids’ letters to Santa, there are many styles of communication that can be found in the notes shipped off to the North Pole. The same approach applies to member communications.

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SCD Group

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Singer, President, Singer Communications SCD NOTE: I started my association career in association public relations. I’ve written and issued numerous releases and help multiple in-person and phone news conferences. Today, I advise my association clients not to hold press conferences. and in less time (who files the story first?).

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 23, 2016

Jennifer Grau, president, Grau Interpersonal Communication. This month’s guest blog post is by Jennifer Grau , president of Grau Interpersonal Communication , who is a listening trainer, coach, facilitator, speaker and consultant. People rarely design conferences with quality listening in mind. Words wash over them.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MAY 20, 2014

Imagine: Your conference is thriving. If something happens at your next event, do you have communication channels defined? So important it was the topic of Destination Michigan’s Michigan Meetings Expo 2014 , which was held on May 8 at the MotorCity Casino and Hotel in Detroit. Rooms are packed and vendors are happy.

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Mizz Information

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I gave a quick presentation about the top 5 trends impacting association social media in 2014. I think associations are going to start seeing more Instagram use around conferences and in-person events—so monitoring like we monitor Twitter now might become more of a priority.

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 4, 2015

This is, of course, a hot topic for associations and has been for some time, with recent ASAE Foundation research , conference presentations, books , and other reports all published within the past year. Evidence-Based Decision Making in Action: Converting Data into Real Member Value, ASAE Great Ideas Conference, March 2015.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 10, 2015

The State of Association Marketing ,” unveiled this week during ASAE’s annual conference in Detroit, summarizes the marketing efforts of 373 survey respondents, mostly comprising membership associations. Only 25 percent of study participants report members perceive their marketing communications as always relevant and professional.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 10, 2014

The only reason that conference education sessions exist is to drive a business’ outcomes. Ok, sure some conference education sessions exist for personal development, hobbies or pleasure. But most of us attend conferences to learn and grow professionally. Executives Expect ROI From Employees’ Conference Attendance.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 31, 2013

But as I thought about what to write for this blog post, I realized that as 2014 approaches, I need to believe these words, instead of just saying them. Encourage them to bring their families along while attending conferences. Whether it’s communications, management or finances, review your practices. And there’s No.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 16, 2014

Peer conversations are more important to your conference than you know. You know when it’s happening at conferences because the rooms are buzzing with discussions. The Industrial Conference Is Dead. Most of us still depend upon and expect an outdated model of conferences: the industrial conference.

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ISAE

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Show photos of your association members at your latest conference or event. A consistent brand across your website communicates professionalism to your prospective members. Webinars and virtual conferences. Hosting events like conferences, galas, happy hours, or concerts is one of the best parts about leading an association.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

What other conferences or trade shows are they investing in? Help Sponsors Activate Once the agreement is signed, this is where communication tends to falter. The post Conference & Trade Show Sponsors Want Relevance appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw's Midcourse Corrections. Who is their ideal customer?

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Last week, consulting firm Tagoras released Association Virtual Events 2014 , a survey of associations’ use of virtual conferences, trade shows and other events. It seems associations got the memo as the industry experiences a slow uptick in virtual events. So why the boom?

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 28, 2014

This is the last post in a series based on the “5 Website Improvements to Make in 5 Minutes (or Less)” that I co-presented with Maggie McGary at the ASAE Membership, Marketing and Communications Conference in June 2014.

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Virtual

JULY 2, 2014

First, the birthday of Virtual itself – July 6, 2014 marks 15 years, and we are grateful to have been a part of many global technology movements that have since transformed the lives of consumers and altered how businesses function. The Near Field Communication Forum turns 10 years old this October. will celebrate this year.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 3, 2014

We attend conferences so we can deepen our knowledge and relationships. I was fortunate enough to come away from the 2014 digitalNow conference in Nashville both recharged and inspired thanks to being surrounded by smart people, good friends, savvy conference organizers and the very cool city of Nashville.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 15, 2014

Meetings and conferences are a large percentage of nondues revenue for most associations. Here are five words that all meeting planners would love to hear come out of attendees’ mouths when referring to their conference: “I could never miss it.”. But just how do you create a must-attend conference? Here’s how to get started.

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 5, 2014

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts based on the “5 Website Improvements to Make in 5 Minutes (or Less)” that I co-presented with Maggie McGary at the ASAE Membership, Marketing and Communications Conference in June 2014.

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Mizz Information

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

This is a bit nerdier than usual, but I thought this was a pretty cool representation of what an association conference looks like on Twitter via NodeXL , a free open source template for Excel that lets you explore network graphs. tools to use for tracking healthcare-related association conferences is Symplur. Pretty cool.

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YourMembership

JUNE 19, 2014

The tagline for the conference was Think Forward. It had a sports theme complete with mascots, uniforms from a variety of sports teams, conference attendees singing “We Will Rock You” and they even did the wave during the awards ceremony. And that led me to think about the San Antonio Spurs and their newly earned 2014 NBA Championship.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Learn More For more on this topic, check out Parks and Tolbert’s Learning Lab, “Embracing Video Teleconferencing in Your Association,” at the 2014 ASAE Technology Conference & Expo , December 16-17. The post Take Your Conference Calls to the Next Level With Video appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

.” - Sikha Singh, MHS, PMP, Manager at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, and member of the ASAE Diversity Executive Leadership Program Class of 2012-2014, and Darlene Lebron Lopez, MBA, member of the ASAE Diversity Executive Leadership Program Class of 2012-2014. Diversity strengthens your advocacy reach too.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Four Trends and Predictions for B2B Social Media in 2014. Business 2 Community. BOMA Winter Meeting and National Issues Conference. Contact us today for an assessment of your current communications plans and non-dues revenue strategies. Best of the Web. Associations Are Grasping For Growth [Infographic]. Meagan Rockett.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 6, 2014

Secret shopping conferences and trade shows is something we do regularly. One week, we’ll be at a medical conference, surrounded by doctors as we watch live stream of surgery being performed halfway across the world. The next, it’s a conference designed for engineers or teachers. Conference Secret Shopping Checklist.

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Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Instead, the session was developed as a result of a conversation I overheard at last year’s conference describing the challenges associations often have implementing strategy they’ve either developed internally or in conjunction with a consultant. Communication breaks down. Communicate. The Case for Execution.

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