Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Lee Ali, managing director and founder of Expo Stars Interactive Ltd., states that 65 percent of exhibitors do not have a clear strategy or plan of action for trade show participation. Given these events are often costly, it is important to put time into thinking through trade show involvement and determining a worthwhile ROI. Set and track goals.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 30, 2014

2015 is nearly here. That’s understandable since it appears 2015 might be challenging for meetings and events. The report, developed in partnership with the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau , found that in general, costs in 2015 for event services are expected to rise, while budgets are expected to grow only slightly.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 21, 2016

Of the 49 advertisers that took part in the study, losses were, on average, $10 million each in 2015. In 2015, advertisers had rates of automated traffic ranging between 3 to 37 percent of overall traffic, with sourced traffic—that is, traffic that is acquired through third-party sources—experiencing more than three times the bot traffic.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Back in 2015, Sprint said that it was getting rid of its free snacks to cut costs—a move that actually bucked a much larger trend in favor of getting more food in the office. But the real eye-popping bill was on food: Mayer said the company spent $150 million per year on free food, refuting a claim that it cost $450 million.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 10, 2014

On Tuesday, Expedia released a white paper, “Preparing for Takeoff: Air Travel Trends 2015,” created with the help of the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), that notes the pricing trends that will affect the way we fly in the new year. low-cost carriers, such as Frontier and Spirit, are expanding significantly in North America.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Hanson estimates that 2015 will be a record year for capital expenditures , as well. billion, in 2015. Will higher costs slow down business travelers? The post Study: Business Travel and Its Costs Are on the Rise appeared first on Associations Now. A forecast from PwC predicts that hotels will reach a 65.7

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Ungrated

JUNE 16, 2022

Cybercriminal activity has been steadily rising over recent years and was expected to inflict damages worth $6 trillion across the world in 2021, double the $3 trillion estimated in 2015, according to Cyber Security Ventures. . The cost can vary for community associations, but they say annual policy premiums are typically $1,000 or less. .

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 19, 2016

Friday is Earth Day, so in anticipation of all things sustainability, let’s take a look at the Green Venue Report 2015 , produced by Greenview and Twirl Management. Event sustainability conversations can’t be focused on additional costs and impact reports. 80 percent donate excess food to local charities on an ongoing basis.

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 19, 2016

Friday is Earth Day, so in anticipation of all things sustainability, let’s take a look at the Green Venue Report 2015 , produced by Greenview and Twirl Management. Event sustainability conversations can’t be focused on additional costs and impact reports. 80 percent donate excess food to local charities on an ongoing basis.

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Michigan Report Communications Certificate 100

Potomac Core

MARCH 7, 2016

Can Disruptive Advocacy Strategies unlock industry growth and cost saving opportunities for your members in a slow growth economy? Helping the industry reduce regulatory compliance costs and grow revenues were high priorities. While the possibility of a recession seems unlikely this year, growth remains a challenge for many industries.

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Thanks For Playing

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Information overload costs the US economy approximately $900 Billion a year in lost productivity. It would take the average individual five years to view the amount of video content that will be being created EVERY SECOND in 2015. Human beings still have 24 hours in a day. What does all this mean? Watch this space.

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Blue Sky eLearn

JULY 31, 2018

In 2015 that number had decreased to 52%. Since then, corporations have started to distance themselves from colleges and universities and partnerships between them have significantly declined. In 1996, 75% of businesses offered tuition reimbursement programs to their employees. To Millennial Leaders.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2023

We shared the hard costs, but there wasn’t a need for us to hire expensive consultants or a firm specializing in this, given our simple and limited goals.” This idea, originally highlighted by BizBash in 2015 , was sparked by an event for wedding planners at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World.

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YourMembership

JULY 27, 2015

It’s been a great week in Dayton, Ohio as I wrap up my time at the 2015 Ohio Association of Association Executives Annual Conference. While it is true that the cost to implement and maintain an LMS has decreased, every dollar still counts. And like with most technologies, those costs can be substantially impacted by not being prepared.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The firm, which started in Denmark in 2015, has grown exponentially in recent years and now operates on nearly every continent. The Silicon Valley mainstay recently acquired Gaest.com , which targets small events in particular, such as seminars, workshops, and team-building events.

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Virtual

JANUARY 20, 2016

The JDF, a Virtual client, was unveiled to the public in May 2015, and its first two projects, the 3MF Consortium and the Alliance for Open Media , have been successfully launched. We asked David Rudin, JDF President and Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft, what was behind the group's formation and how it operates.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 30, 2019

By 2015, the organization had over 18,000 lapsed members within a 24-month period. But it doesn't always have to be an expensive effort - check out our eBook, with ideas for nine low-cost strategies for member engagement. None of us have the time to constantly be manually sending out emails of this kind.

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YourMembership

MARCH 26, 2015

It is available to you at no cost. Last year’s event was a huge success, and with the agenda we have put together for 2015, it’s going to be an amazing event for everyone. And to conclude our March focus on events I invite you to download our latest publication, The Ultimate Guide to Association Event Management.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 12, 2016

In fact, only 14 percent report of respondents indicated no change in their number of members, a decrease from 16 percent in 2015. Competitive associations or sources of information (34 percent) and economy/cost of membership (31 percent) are the biggest external challenges to growing membership.

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YourMembership

MAY 8, 2015

Ben has put together The 2015 Online Community Software Selection Guide an excellent resource for helping you select an online community provider, which you can download from our website at no cost. Please note that our next CAE accredited Thought Leadership Webinar will be held on May 20 th.

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Achurch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Ancillary Cost Savings. Achurch Consulting has been thinking about – and leveraging – these hidden gems of virtual offices since 2015. As mentioned above, moving from physical to virtual often generates other significant savings beyond the lease. Please contact us for more information.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 6, 2018

Workers who are seen as negative to company culture represent an interesting conundrum—they end up costing organizations money and poisoning other workers, but they’re often good at getting themselves promoted.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A new collaboration between the National Christmas Tree Association and Square could help the public buy their next tree more cost effectively. NCTA, working with the payments processor, launched a new calculator that helps pinpoint target times to buy trees, based on region, cost, and amount of time a customer wants to keep the tree.

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

In fact, the percentage of LMS users increased from 51 percent in 2013 to 60 percent in 2015. All this said, cost is still a top concern among associations. Just more than 50 percent of respondents said they’re satisfied with the cost of creating educational offerings and the cost of employing staff to develop and execute them.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The overtime rule was identified as a major concern by many nonprofit employers in 2015, when the Obama administration proposed raising the salary threshold for overtime eligibility to more than $47,000. That rule was challenged in court in 2016 by states and various business groups, including ASAE, and was struck down.

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Freestone

AUGUST 17, 2023

Why PCNA chose Freestone to stream its annual conference Since 2015, PCNA has conducted its largest annual event, the Annual Cardiovascular Symposium. PCNA sets the virtual Symposium attendee price lower than the in-person experience (largely due to the cost of food). Freestone enhances the hybrid learning experience.

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Potomac Core

MARCH 3, 2020

Build nimble and cost-effective strategic solutions to address challenges and position members for growth. Building nimble and cost-effective strategies to address challenges and position the Industry for a clean energy future. Have conversations about value creation and market or professional growth.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 3, 2015

Today, you are invited to take part in this brief assessment at no cost to you. In the meantime, if you’re craving more mobile resources, check out these 17 Stats for the Mobile Skeptic or these 2015 Strategic Mobile Trends for Associations and Event Leaders. We look forward to sharing the results with you later this year.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 12, 2016

In fact, only 14 percent report of respondents indicated no change in their number of members, a decrease from 16 percent in 2015. Competitive associations or sources of information (34 percent) and economy/cost of membership (31 percent) are the biggest external challenges to growing membership.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Case in point, the “Super Bowl of Conferences” will be held here in 2015. But when specifically asked during a recent NACEDA prep session, leaders added travel, opportunity costs, value proposition and marketing to their list of challenges. Generally, I think visitors are surprised by everything the city has to offer.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The 2015 Nonprofit Employee Benefits Survey , recently released by benefits management and research firm PPI Benefit Solutions , has found that very few nonprofits understand the new demands the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has put upon employers. Furthermore, a majority of surveyed nonprofits have not calculated the cost of compliance.”.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 20, 2017

We asked this same question at the end of 2015. If your association benefited from a tech tool not listed above, let us know what it is and how it helps your association in the comments below!

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Associations Now

MARCH 20, 2019

A 2015 report from the consulting firm Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, Inc. And, apparently, things have gotten worse on the financial loss front: The cost is up to $2.1 billion in total.) (And, apparently, things have gotten worse on the financial loss front: The cost is up to $2.1 billion in total.) Bracket goodness ahoy.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

If it was possible to have shorter meetings, take a paid day off every week, cut the overhead cost of operating your office building and increase overall productivity, would you do it? Thought it sounds like a no-brainer, what it takes to actually get there might leave a lot of leaders immediately unsure.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 20, 2017

We asked this same question at the end of 2015. If your association benefited from a tech tool not listed above, let us know what it is and how it helps your association in the comments below!

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Tools Certificate Technology Video 60

Optimist Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I was interested to read the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) Policy Review 2015 , which summarises the views of the IoD’s policy panel, over a 12-month period. The policy panel is made up entirely of its members, who the IoD approach periodically for their feedback on policy issues.

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Associations Now

MAY 9, 2017

In 2015, an unemployed IT worker who had applied for a job at the fast-casual chain Chipotle exposed a weakness in the company’s internet security: Its HR department was emailing applicants from a domain it didn’t own. In general, employees who deal with sensitive information (say, member data) are at the highest risk.

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