Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 26, 2023

below 2019. The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. The two tensions to accomplishing this priority include: Increased attendee expectations vs. rising costs. Rising Costs The three expense categories attendees value the most are also the ones that are escalating in cost faster than inflation.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Are all those boring, disorganized office meetings costing your association a whole lot of money? The State of Meetings Report 2019 —from Doodle, a company that offers online meeting-scheduling software—argues that pointless meetings will cost businesses worldwide an estimated $541 billion in 2019.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 15, 2022

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. Cost-plus is the most common method for pricing sponsorship. Calculate your cost of sales and delivery for each of your offerings. You may find low-hanging fruit recommendations by going through this exercise.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

If your sponsorship menu and prospectus look similar to 2019, a refresh can help you seize this growth opportunity. On a spreadsheet, list every sponsor item that you offered for your 2019 and 2023 major conference. Start with the higher-cost-and-value categories like thought leadership and attendee/networking experiences.

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Expo Logic

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We may already be a month into 2019 but the new year’s resolutions you made are still just as important as they were on January 1 st. Outside of the personal resolutions you made for the new year, event professionals should also be thinking about the changes and improvements that can be made to enhance events in 2019.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 25, 2019

Some quick hits before we get to the list of next week’s free webinars: More calendar talk: why your association should use a content calendar in 2019. Let’s start 2019 with a discussion around your digital strategy. The Top Ten Two-Minute Tips for Inclusive Meetings (Meetings Master Classes 2019 Session 1). Host: Personify.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 7, 2019

If so, how committed am I to building a strong and sustainable community in 2019 and beyond? The point is: regardless of whether you’re selling an association membership or a commercial product, it won’t serve you to constantly bombard your people with cost-related calls to action – that’s not community building. But how to engage?

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Expo Logic

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We may already be a month into 2019 but the new year’s resolutions you made are still just as important as they were on January 1 st. Outside of the personal resolutions you made for the new year, event professionals should also be thinking about the changes and improvements that can be made to enhance events in 2019.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 21, 2019

This methodology helps you identify and solve the problems that are costing your organization revenue, attention, engagement, time, and/or relevance. 2019 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions: Midyear Update. But for 2019, we came armed with data. 5 Keys to Association Website Success in 2019 (and Beyond). More info/register.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 7, 2018

How to Prepare for the 2019 Hospitality Market. Review a custom hotel contract (ready for signature) process that adds meeting value, generates real cost savings and assures risk reduction. Elevate Your Association: Tech Trends to Follow in 2019. It’s never too early to get a head start on 2019. Tue 12/11 at 4 p.m. –

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GrowthZone

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

And you meant to do something, but somehow Employee Appreciation Day ( March 1, 2019) snuck up on you. Get 44 low-cost (or free) techniques for retaining top talent. No worries. We have 19 excellent ideas for meaningful employee appreciation that can be put together quickly. Serve breakfast. Video game day. Gift cards. VR playground.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Will higher costs slow down business travelers? According to a news release on the report, “China business travel will increase by 61 percent over the next 5 years, from $261 billion in 2014 to $420 billion in 2019. The post Study: Business Travel and Its Costs Are on the Rise appeared first on Associations Now.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 27, 2020

lower-cost hybrid alternatives. The pricing and margins that facilities and suppliers enjoyed in 2019 will not fly in a world where conference organizers are only realizing 70% of their revenue goals. smaller exhibit footprints. conference organizers going out of business.

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Mariner Management

JUNE 23, 2020

Take a look at the 2019 Chapter Benchmarking Report and research on member engagement. Local events and activities are a hot way to draw in new/early careerists for the lower cost and more convenient access to learning and networking. 2019 Chapter Benchmarking Report by Mariner Management & Billhighway. and 4 other ways.

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Mariner Management

MAY 29, 2020

Then as our members struggle with slashed travel and training budgets, local events offer cost-effective, convenient options. In the 2019 Chapter Benchmarking Report , 64% viewed member engagement as an “absolutely essential” role for their chapters – with reason. Our geographic components (aka chapters) can offer all this.

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GrowthZone

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Early registration cost savings. Cost breakdown, including details on how they’ve found ways to reduce spending. Click to g et the all 2019 Association Marketing Toolkit to help kick off the new year right! Detailed descriptions of educational courses which apply to their responsibilities.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 11, 2021

Because of these high costs and the transactional nature, exhibitors and sponsors can’t help but focus on the ROI on every event. 10 years ago, the answer was probably yes, but by 2019, even before the pandemic, expo traffic and interest were waning, making the ROI calculation even less attractive.

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GrowthZone

MARCH 7, 2019

Digital versions of your directory allow you to save on printing costs and lets you do frequent updates. Digital versions of your directory allow you to save on printing costs and lets you do frequent updates.” Download your copy of the 2019 Association Industry Survey Report here. >> Click To Tweet.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

. – Event Tech Trends: What We Learned & How to Evolve in 2019. Hear about the state of tech trends that were all the rage this year, and how to apply and enhance them for 2019, including augmented reality, artificial intelligence, security and privacy, and facial recognition. It’s never too early to get a head start on 2019.

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Achurch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Ransomware Costs Billions. Ransomware cost an estimated $11.5 billion in 2019, and the cost nearly doubled in 2020 to $20 billion. Estimates project the cost of ransomware to rise precipitously to $265 billion by 2031. Estimates project the cost of ransomware to rise precipitously to $265 billion by 2031.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Historically, organizations have struggled with costs and risks involved with upgrading their AMS, including: Paying tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for each upgrade. Think about how much your AMS is costing you in dollars, time, and hassle before deciding if you want to upgrade it. It’s understandable.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Recognizing that it can be difficult for healthcare professionals with limited financial resources to attend, HRS decided to eliminate registration fees (which ranged from $1,180 to $2,475 in 2019, depending on registration type) for self-paying attendees from countries that the World Bank classifies as lower- and lower-middle income.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

But this is a painstaking task requires both a survey of the current regulatory environment and a practical cost/benefit analysis. And 2019 was no stranger to convincing social engineering techniques, with coordinated phishing, spear phishing, CEO to CFO spamming, and email spoofing. Email security.

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Associations Now

MAY 20, 2019

But if you’ve looked at your bill from Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or another service lately, you may have wondered, “Why does this cost so much?”. But “very little progress has been made from 2018 to 2019 in increasing the use of automated policies,” the report explains. That’s the bad news.

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Ungrated

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

5337), a bill introduced in December 2019 that would allow FEMA’s public assistance program to reimburse costs related to disaster debris removal from association roads and waterways. The disaster readiness plan should provide specifics about how each resident may take steps to prepare for severe weather.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

But they also offer other solutions you can add on for no extra cost, like a community tool. Based on Forrester Research’s US Customer Experience Index, 2019 , “Brands that want to break away from the pack should focus on emotion.” It’s hard to be the best at everything. How do you make your customers feel?

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Most Q3 and Q4, 2021 conferences are reporting attendance numbers that are 40 – 60% below 2019. Organizers are weighing cost vs. benefit options for hybrid. Here are five of the top take-aways that can help other associations navigate their new journey. Increased and Transparent Communications.

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Reid All About it

MAY 31, 2019

Here’s a prediction from Stuart Meyer at Association Success: “Half or more of the association workforces over the next decade or two will be comprised of highly specialized freelance talent wanting a more flexible life, and associations wanting a more cost-effective and flexible workforce.” The State of Community Management 2019.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a 2019 interview with PCMA , Ingrid Fetell Lee, a former design director at IDEO and publisher of the Aesthetics of Joy blog, explained that a focus on design can have a visceral effect on the people taking part in an event by lending a sense of unity. Adding a small pop of color and design might infuse your event with a little more soul.

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Ungrated

AUGUST 5, 2021

Karen Martinez, chief executive officer at ASPM-San Diego, says a transition to cloud-based technologies in 2019 facilitated remote work for its administrative staff. “The transition has allowed us to expand from central Oregon throughout the state, implementing greater flexibility for staff,” Maxwell remarks.

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Associations Now

MARCH 13, 2019

A search for “event trends 2019” brings up more than 657,000,000 results. We’ve got 2019 handled; let’s talk about 2029 instead. And you can set up a conference code where you cover a portion of the cost. Using ideas for the future to improve our events today. By Beth Surmont CAE, CMP.

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Higher Logic

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

And now, it’s your chance to come all together and connect in person at Super Forum 2019. Last year, one of our attendees from the CREW Network said, “this experience alone was worth the cost of my Super forum registration, flight, and hotel,” and that, “It’s what you dream about every day that you’re in the office.”.

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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

Because online community is such an effective communication tool, staff spend less time solving transactional member requests or committee issues, for significantly reduced overhead costs. Difficulty justifying membership costs with any significant ROI (27%). Community is now a vital piece of MTI’s gold-standard member benefits.

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Mariner Management

JULY 9, 2020

Globally, the online education market is projected to witness a compound annual growth rate of 9.23% between 2020 and 2025 to reach a total market size of 320 billion in 2025, increasing from 189 billion in 2019. [1] On the bright side, associations can now cost-effectively reach smaller member segments with more targeted/granular content.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Event planners and business travelers alike should be aware of the additional costs that come with launching an event in a coastal city, a new study finds. A big city or coastal locale might seem like the best way to draw in attendees, but a new report shows that those locations often come with a big additional cost.

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Associations Now

JUNE 18, 2019

At the 2019 Code Conference, venture capitalist Mary Meeker detailed numerous internet trends giving shape to businesses. Meeker, the founder of Bond Capital and a former Wall Street securities analyst, delivered a whopping 333-slide deck in a half-hour presentation at the Code Conference 2019 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Watch it here.)

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