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Location, Location, Location: Destination Drives Current and Future Attendance

Associations Now

For example: More than 50 percent of attendees said they’re likely to extend their stay or turn their trip into a vacation, fueling additional room nights. The Dallas CVB, Kansas City CVB, and Experience Grand Rapids are three of the many destination marketing organizations that have made participation in the program a priority.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Reflections on Designing and Delivering Training To Get Results

Beth Kanter

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Convention Center Hotels: If They Build It, Will You Come?

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That’s led some cities to build hotels using public funds—a strategy that’s proved controversial with taxpayer-advocacy groups. As it turns out, the one thing Kansas City, Missouri, was missing in its effort to boost its convention business was a bunch of hotel rooms. Hot Commodities.