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Community NOW Day 1: CAI kicks off 50th anniversary conference in Dallas

Ungrated

The 2023 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: Community NOW is officially underway in Dallas. The three-day conference is the premier destination for community association board managers, managers, and business partners from around the world to come together, share ideas, and network. Get your free signed copy and meet the artist.

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Association Brain Food: 8.11.23

Reid All About it

But there’s no replacement for conferences. They shared a definition of “community” on LinkedIn: a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals. They chose this definition because “it reminds us that community isn’t just a place, it’s a feeling.” More info/register.

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Member Experience: Associations’ New Blueprint for Engagement

Smooth The Path

Prediction 3: Associations will defy definitions. Narrow definitions limit our focus to just a few options. Associations are the sum of their conferences, articles, research reports, and certification. But these are just two of the dozens of networking event formats we can employ.

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Survey Says… Online Education’s Role in Membership Marketing

WBT Systems

E-learning programs can definitely help associations solve some of the challenges described in these two reports. Gain or maintain professional certification (12 percent). Promotions to/at their association’s conferences or trade shows. Cross-selling to non-members who buy products or attend conferences. Email marketing.

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Membership 101: The Role of Volunteerism

Spark Consulting

One way they went about that is, rather than restricting definition of volunteer to committee or board service, ONS asked their members how they DO contribute and how they WANT TO contribute. Bigger investment: item writing for their ONCC certification. Even bigger investment: national conference planning team.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.28.20

Reid All About it

The organizations behind it, Conference & Incentive Travel and Event First Steps, believe the results “will enable our industry to develop, and make the work we create more diverse in terms of workforce, audience and representation. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman.

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The Essential Guide to Virtual Conference Platforms

Leading Learning

We have been tracking and reporting on virtual conferences—not to mention hosting our own—for years, but clearly interest in and demand for them has skyrocketed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, interest in finding the best virtual conference platforms has also risen dramatically. What Is a Virtual Conference?