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High Quality Educational Content Remains Key for Attendees

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Despite the increasing desire for novel experiences and non-traditional venues, attendees’ first consideration when deciding to attend a meeting is the quality of the educational content—they go to learn new information and improve skills, according to the The Experiences Institute’s Decision to Attend Study.

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Cleveland Nonprofit Recognizes Unsung Volunteer Heroes

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For nine citizens of the Greater Cleveland area who were recently honored with MTV Awards, the recognition had nothing to do with catchy music videos or trophies shaped like moon men. The post Cleveland Nonprofit Recognizes Unsung Volunteer Heroes appeared first on Associations Now.'

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How to Delight Meeting Attendees in 2020

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Attendees seek greater engagement with the educational content and more meaningful connections with peers and the destination. The organization transformed a big-box room at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland into the ultimate CrossFit gym , hosting literal hometown heroes to compete with world-renowned CrossFit athletes.

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Hitting the Professional Meeting Trifecta with Unique Venues

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Use both traditional and unconventional meeting spaces to provide attendees with educational content, networking opportunities & unique experiences. The Content Marketing Institute hosts its annual meeting—Content Marketing World—in Cleveland, Ohio, hometown of its founder Joe Pulizzi , every year in September.

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Accessibility is Cornerstone of a Successful Meeting

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Ondrla and the ACRL selected Cleveland for their 2019 annual meeting after a site visit. The conference’s VIP Reception took place at the Cleveland Public Library’s main branch, a 94-year-old building renovated in 1999. One 2019 meeting attendee Tweeted simply, “Please begin forwarding my mail to Cleveland.”.

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Connection to a Locale Fosters Authentic Interactions with Peers

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A meeting’s primary objective is to provide attendees with a remarkable experience—one that makes it worth the trip both in educational content and networking opportunities and that, ultimately, encourages attendees to return for the next meeting. Some of the most important education you’ll get a meeting comes from the people you meet.”.

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Impressive Venues & Unique Experiences to Foster Connection

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The need for education and the desire for networking tasks event organizers with providing both new and actionable meeting content and with curating environments and experiences that allow their most knowledgeable attendees to connect with their peers. Cleveland had an outstanding diversity of venues, dining opportunities and features.”.