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Are hidden fees costing your members?

SCD Group

A Wall Street Journal story (7/23/16) about hidden fees inflating home price s got me to thinking about the hidden fees in the cost members pay to participate in your event. that scale up your costs. that scale up your costs. Hotels My St. which was 24.8% of the total bill.

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Color Me Impressed: The Smart Set for August 2011

Reid All About it

Lesson : Small gestures that don’t cost much and don’t take much effort mean more to your prospects and customers than you realize. The next examples are inspired by a conference I didn’t attend because I was at the beach reading books with my repaired glasses. The blogosphere’s reaction to last year’s ASAE conference was mixed.

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The Big 3 (Costs, changing demographics and mobile) impacting association meetings

SCD Group

But, the registration fee is less than 20% of the total cost of attending. In addition, I have to pay airfare/travel costs (around $500) and lodging expenses (about $950). So, my out-of-pocket costs total about $2,250. So, the real cost of attending that one professional meeting totals about $5,600! Customized content.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

Reid All About it

This week, WBT Systems shared a swipe file of marketing blurbs for association conferences, courses and credentialing programs —have at it! Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Learn how to create more engagement, connection and meaning at your next virtual conference from.

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A New Type of Conference Education

SCD Group

Cold, windowless conference rooms. Too often, this describes conference education sessions. Emily Bibens is Vice President of Woody Bibens and Associates ( www.woodybibens.com ), an association management company with offices in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. What Can Your Association Learn from Chicken Learning?

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Attendee Volunteers: A Meeting’s Best Customer Service Team

Associations Now

Associations spend a lot of time thinking about how to put on successful and worthwhile conferences for all of their attendees. The Association for Continuing Higher Education asked for volunteers for its 77th ACHE Annual Conference and Meeting that took place in St. Louis, Missouri. The second role was Day Chair.

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SCD Group: Is there a "magic" price for association memberships?

SCD Group

By the way, the same challenge applies to conference registration fees, webinar fees and any other pricing decisions at your association.). Could we improve our revenues or increase memberships, conference registrations if we established some type of dynamic pricing strategy? The YMCA of St. Louis paper.

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