Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2024

TopClass LMS explains why you should keep the conversation going and the community gathering after a course, conference or educational program ends. Dean West of Association Laboratory explores what dating apps can teach us about membership strategy. We’ll share five strategies for mapping stakeholders. Membership. 1 CAE credit.

Revenue 256

Revenue Strategy Member Engagement United States 256

Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We’re definitely seeing a big trend of organizations launching local and more intimate events,” CMX Founder and CEO David Spinks said in the article. “It For an example an event for 30, check out FemtoConf , which bills itself as “a super-tiny conference for small, self-funded software companies.” Please share in the comments.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 29, 2016

According to the survey, 75 percent of consumers include health, wellness, and transparency in their definition of food safety. Planners are always looking for new and interesting ways to nourish and invigorate their conference attendees—food has become so much more than just fuel,” said IACC CEO Mark Cooper.

Colorado 40

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Reid All About it

MAY 29, 2020

Ellipsis Partners and Achurch Consulting have been burning the midnight oil on a virtual events ebook that’s definitely worth checking out. It covers virtual event strategy and technology, including a list of platforms for different purposes. Virtual learning strategies. Virtual conference success story. Host: TechImpact.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 7, 2020

Sponsorship strategy. They offer webinars, blog posts, and maybe even conferences to your members. Summer’s been weird for all of us, but take one bite of a tomato sandwich and, oh yeah, it’s definitely summer. Host: Adrian Segar, founder, Conferences That Work. More info/register. Fri 8/7 at 11 a.m. More info/register.

Montana 369

Montana Conference Education Tennessee 369

.orgSource

MARCH 20, 2023

Unfortunately, despite the hefty price tag, the mechanics are meaningless without the philosophy, strategy, and culture that maximizes those tools. It’s a journey that begins with leadership and strategy. One thing has definitely changed. The Gartner Technology Glossary offers these definitions.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 16, 2021

Strategies for getting out of a negative thought spiral and into a more productive state of mind. This workshop will arm you with tactical strategies that will help you negotiate and defend your organization in the post-shutdown world. In this interactive program, Steve provides insights and strategies to elevate decision performance.

Revenue 363

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 12, 2024

She shares strategies for enhancing engagement and fostering a more inclusive environment for younger members. You might not have given serious thought to these doable ideas, but you definitely should take the advice of people who live and breathe data every day. Young member engagement. Member mobile app. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 9, 2021

During the pandemic, MemberSuite noticed your already full plate was taking on additional tasks and projects so they’re sharing strategies to help you cope with an extremely heavy workload. Tom Southard, CAE, COO, Conference of Major Superiors of Men. Where Community Fits in Your Overall Digital Engagement Strategy.

San Diego 370

San Diego Revenue Strategy Content 370

Reid All About it

JANUARY 26, 2024

Billhighway discusses the causes of leadership succession issues and offers strategies for preventing volunteer burnout , a big problem for chapters. Host: Forj Speaker: Amanda Lea Kaiser, keynote speaker and author of Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community Fri 1/26 at 4 p.m. 1 CAE credit.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Prediction 3: Associations will defy definitions. We learned many actionable strategies ( detailed in this roundup report ), including that networking, is too narrowly defined. Narrow definitions limit our focus to just a few options. Associations are the sum of their conferences, articles, research reports, and certification.

Member Experience 147

Member Experience Price Certificate Member Engagement 147

Reid All About it

JUNE 23, 2023

The resulting benchmark report shares key trends, benchmarks within six marketing categories (research/analytics, branding/strategy, marketing/SEO, UX design/content, technology and team dynamics)—with breakout benchmarks for associations, and recommendations for increasing your association’s marketing effectiveness. 1 CMP credit.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 5, 2024

I’ll definitely make her party prosciutto bundles and double blue canapés again. In this course, we delve into key strategies and methodologies to elevate your member engagement, refine value propositions, and foster a symbiotic relationship between organizational revenue and member value. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Revenue LMS Price Education 277

Reid All About it

AUGUST 28, 2020

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.

Montana 359

Montana North Carolina Content Certificate 359

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Boring conferences. Dean West at Association Laboratory bemoans the state of association conferences because “nothing is different” despite associations knowing the same ol’ same ol’ is boring the hell out of attendees. Here’s a cure for boring conferences. Data strategy. Open Space events. 1 CMP credit.

LMS 256

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It includes questions about the impact of the pandemic on strategy, pricing, etc. Virtual conference design. He shares ideas to get you started with 2021 conference planning. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Amen, brother. Mon 12/7 at 8:30 a.m.

Blended Learning 300

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Reid All About it

MARCH 26, 2021

They suggest strategies for resolving some of the challenges you probably have with your SMEs. Presenter: Dan Streeter, Vice President of Learning Strategy and Development at Blue Sky eLearn. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Volunteer SMEs. Chapter events.

Innovation 259

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Associations Now

AUGUST 27, 2013

These Barriers Keep You From Conference Innovation by @JeffHurt [link] #pcma #assnchat. Back in the day, conferences could rely on being the biggest game in town to win people over. Hurt says that today, conferences must focus on building a stronger consumer experience—and outdated strategies are barriers to that happening.

Social Media 40

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Reid All About it

JULY 10, 2020

Virtual conferences and events held in March and April were at an advantage—attendees weren’t yet in full-on Zoom fatigue. WBT Systems describes nine virtual event strategies that minimize Zoom fatigue. Virtual conference success. Virtual conference sponsorships. Virtual conference sponsorships. Timely stuff.

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Montana Content Price Strategy 365

Leading Learning

MAY 5, 2020

When we put together a Webinar called “A Why-To and a How-To: Virtual Conferences in the COVID-19 Era,” we reserved ample time for Q&A. How do you ensure engagement of attendees in learning the content versus just having it [a virtual conference session] on in the background?” “Our Defining Virtual Conference.

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Conference Class Case Study Examples 52

Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 22, 2017

There’s a place for sponsored content in conference programs, if you’re thoughtful in your approach. As more sponsors embrace content marketing or thought leadership as arguably the most powerful strategy for improving attitudes and perceptions of their brand, conference-speaking slots are increasing in value. Transparency.

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Conference Education Leadership Content 75

Associations Now

JANUARY 6, 2017

Last month, I came across a blog posted by the National Conference Center (NCC) about six trends they had observed around experiential learning. While all were interesting and definitely food for thought for association meeting planners, the one that jumped out at me was the sixth: learning through application.

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Conference Newsletter System Process 82

Reid All About it

JULY 24, 2020

Inspired by Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering , MemberSuite describes the seven essential elements for creating a memorable virtual conference instead of the typical series of webinars with accompanying chat box. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Tue 7/28 at 11 a.m.

Montana 259

Montana Revenue Case Study Conference 259

Reid All About it

APRIL 23, 2021

Help yourself and others benchmark member communication efforts and strategies by participating in Association Adviser’s 10th annual Association Communications Benchmarking Survey. Content strategy. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Member communications.

Revenue 370

Revenue Strategy Content Education 370

Reid All About it

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This survey data will provide quantitative insights to help guide associations planning 2021 conferences. MemberSuite shares nine ideas for member networking meetups that go well beyond the chat box at virtual conferences. Definitely not another boring Zoom meeting. 2021 attendee intent survey. Virtual networking meetups.

Project 370

Project Education Software Review 370

Reid All About it

JUNE 5, 2020

Oh yeah, pandemic, virtual conferences, faltering economy and all that. What happens after your virtual conference. MemberSuite says, “The virtual conference is where the attendee experience begins, but not where it ends.” Virtual conference success story. AAM’s Twitter stream gives you a sense of the conference program.

Innovation 273

Innovation Conference FAQ Industry 273

Higher Logic

MAY 16, 2019

They might hear about you through a direct mail flyer, send in a check to join, and attend a conference once a year. This change in the member’s journey requires a proactive, responsive, data-driven strategy so that you can engage each member at various levels of the funnel. That was association membership.

Member Experience 196

Member Experience Technology Content Communications 196

Associations Now

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Looking at career stages, the report found that early-career members were less likely to “definitely renew” their membership (42.7 Personalizing the learning pathways is a great strategy to boost satisfaction and retain those members.” percent) than midcareer (60.8 percent) or late-career members (68.6

Technology 110

Technology Report Education Member Experience 110

.orgCommunity

APRIL 18, 2019

Strategy Meltdown —The screen play. The executive director and membership team are seated at a conference table. Sharon Rice ,orgSource’s managing director of business strategy, and I recently had a conversation about how an integrated approach to strategy gives plans the muscle to be actionable. Executive Director.

Strategy 40

Strategy Analysis Membership Management Leadership 40

Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In my involvement in about 40 different conferences this year, I've noticed what once were isolated ideas or innovations beginning to be echoed repeatedly in other meeting designs. While the degree of replication varies, I think each of the following 15 considerations are worth every conference designer contemplating for their 2013 efforts.

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Leading Learning

JANUARY 7, 2022

The pandemic has caused us to create or significantly revise our learning business strategy. The top three—strategy, new online educational formats, and quantity of online education—were areas where more than 40 percent of respondents strongly agreed. We find the emphasis on learning business strategy promising.

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Reid All About it

MAY 8, 2020

Virtual conference networking. The session leaders will come ready to talk about actions their organizations have taken and offer their perspectives, but this is definitely intended as a conversation. Presenters: Graham Harvey, Chief Strategy Officer, Matchbox Virtual Media. More info/register. Host: Leading Learning.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 28, 2019

As a kind of follow-up to last week's post on the differences between strategy development and strategy deployment (at least in the way that my association's Board are working to define those terms), I had another conversation on the same subject this week with another Board leader, and this one had a decidedly different feel to it.

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Reid All About it

MAY 1, 2020

This helps foster a sense of shared culture and brings back ‘water cooler’ opportunities and unplanned social collisions that just don’t happen on a conference call.”. Sarah Michel at Velvet Chainsaw Consulting recorded a shortish video you should definitely watch: five tips to guarantee engagement at your virtual event.

North Carolina 273

North Carolina Revenue Strategy Education 273

.orgCommunity

APRIL 18, 2019

Strategy Meltdown —The screen play. The executive director and membership team are seated at a conference table. Sharon Rice ,orgSource’s managing director of business strategy, and I recently had a conversation about how an integrated approach to strategy gives plans the muscle to be actionable. Executive Director.

Strategy 40

Strategy Analysis Membership Management Leadership 40

Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 6, 2015

That improving your conference operations—registration, food and beverage counts, room capacities, room sets, project management, vendor practices, partnering, benchmarking, following industry best practices, conference management tools—improves your strategy. Improving your conference operations is not strategic positioning!

Conference 40

Conference Strategy Cost Tools 40

Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 11, 2015

Want to spike your conference registration? Feel-Act-Think According to True Impact Marketing (TIM), a Canadian neuromarketing research and strategy firm, consumer purchase behavior has evolved from Think-Feel-Act to Feel-Act-Think. For conferences, you can highlight your best seller or most popular package or preconference workshop.

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Conference Price Discount Social Media 40