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Three Ways You Can Design Better Conferences and Trade Shows for Entrepreneurs and Owners

SBI

Regardless of whether they are virtual or in-person, planning association conferences and events is not a one-size-fits-all exercise. That’s a very different perspective than paying for conference registration out of a professional development budget your boss approves. Make sure you keep the total cost of attendance in mind.

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Hawaii Five-O & Monopoly Show Associations How to Engage Members

SCD Group

For tonight’s (1/14/13) showing of Hawaii Five-O, CBS invited viewers to vote on which ending they wanted for its show. Many associations continue to offer the core member benefits: newsletter, magazine, conference, webinar, advocacy, networking, etc. They’re doing it live in real time! Talk about engaging viewers!

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Top Tips and Tricks From 2019 Membership Hacks

Associations Now

And at NIGP, the Institute for Public Procurement, virtual chapters help members with similar interests from as far away as Hawaii and Alaska to network across the miles. For example, there was a conference walking challenge , a student design-build competition , and even a membership recruitment competition for chapters.

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How to Give Your Customer Success Team Superpowers

Higher Logic

Their only chance to talk to each other might be at your annual user group conference, or in their independent social media or Slack channels (which don't offer the same organizational insight and data). Talk about our user group conference. Our entire company benefits from having our customers connected. Ask for product updates.

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Hawaii’s Optics Problem: A Travel Hotspot Struggles With Meetings Business

Associations Now

With state and federal conference spending facing public scrutiny, the Aloha State has struggled to sell itself as a cost-effective option for meetings. “It It may be the birthplace of President Barack Obama, but that doesn’t mean Hawaii is going to get a break when it comes to the crackdown on federal spending on meetings.

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KiKi's Unofficial ASAE Annual 2016 Party List (a.k.a. How to Never Be Alone at #ASAE16)

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Every year, for the past several years, I make it a point to attend the ASAE Annual Conference. This conference is where anyone involved with associations and nonprofits can connect with others working in that space. Because it is the best way to catch up with the "Who's Who" of the association world.

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Bucking Trends, National Guard Association Will Meet in Honolulu

Associations Now

In the age of the sequester and heightened scrutiny of government spending on meetings, the National Guard Association sees solid reasons to keep its annual conference in Hawaii. We’ve got so many people from Hawaii who’ve done so much work and preparation for putting this thing on. Why would we change? Just for pure perception?”