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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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Association Brain Food: 6.14.24

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… ASAE Annual road trip. If you’re going to ASAE Annual in Cleveland and live in the DC area, join KiKi L’Italien on the Association Chat Road Trip to ASAE Annual. Host: UST Education Speaker: Gary Harpenau, COO, Innovia Consulting Tue 6/18 at 1 p.m.

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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 organization decided that we needed to put the ‘human’ back in ‘human services.’. “Our They did it by honoring their volunteers.

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How to Delight Meeting Attendees in 2020

Associations Now

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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.2.21

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Educational coaches. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. A lot of online organizations and events promise online networking — but then don’t deliver. Post-pandemic association workplace. every Monday.

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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. They were going for “Wow!”

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ASAE Concludes First-Ever Hybrid 2021 ASAE Annual Meeting

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More than 500 attendees participated in the in-person Pop-UPs, hosted by the Atlanta CVB; Visit Charlotte; Choose Chicago; Destination Cleveland; Experience Columbus; Visit Dallas; Destination DC; Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB: Discover The Palm Beaches; and Discover Puerto Rico. Destination Cleveland. Community Brands. Visit Austin.