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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

Travel costs are rising due to strong demand (led by the leisure sector). Some of these expense increases are due to labor issues, supply chain and pressure to restore revenue by venue owners and cities to at least pre-pandemic levels. As the cost of jet fuel and gasoline increases those costs are borne by the meeting organizer.

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Should you continue to host hybrid or virtual events in a post-pandemic world?

Association Analytics

Most of the associations we have spoken with are returning to in-person meetings and conferences in 2022. Tip #3: Find new revenue opportunities. You can still generate revenue but the audience doesn’t pay to attend. Don’t forget to look at costs. Consider both hard and hidden costs when evaluating your events.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.19.21

Reid All About it

Non-dues revenue. WBT Systems recently hosted an ideation session with Non-Dues-a-Palooza to come up with ideas for revenue-generating online education programs. Check out the 30 ideas featured in their post and see if you can “yes and” any of them into revenue generators for your association. Sponsorships. AMS vs MMS.

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How to prepare your association for 2022 and beyond

Nimble AMS

As an association leader, you might look at 2022 stretched out before you and wonder how to prepare for what’s to come. Here are five ideas from the association trends study to help you prepare your association for 2022 and beyond: 1. Cheers to 2022 being your best year to date. How do you plan for an unpredictable future?

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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.4.22

Reid All About it

Meanwhile tech giants are consolidating the industry by fully integrating software solutions to add seamless email marketing, accounting and post-COVID phygital conferencing, while the Cloud, in its second decade, is helping databases to connect anything to anything more securely at less cost. Top Trends in Content Marketing 2022.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.7.22

Reid All About it

First, she asks you to review 2021 and then think about your life in 2022 and beyond. explains the costs associated with email marketing automation software and the factors affecting those costs. – What’s New in 2022? 2022 Hospitality Predictions. How to Make 2022 Your Most Successful Advocacy Year Yet.