Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

With all the logistical issues to consider, planning a conference or meeting can seem like a Herculean task. For example, when Gen Con , the nation’s largest gaming convention, hosts its annual event in Indianapolis each year, Visit Indy not only assists in coordinating event spaces in hotels but also works to keep attendees well fed.

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Idea Architects

JULY 6, 2017

Much of my extended sabbatical time has been reading and writing on the topic of Say Yes Less: Why It Matters and How to Do It. You can request me doing so for one of your conferences here. My other work this fall is leading one or two custom-designed association leadership conferences. That's the update from Indianapolis.

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 23, 2015

In case you're interested, here's what else I do nowadays: Continuing to write Say Yes Less: Why It Matters and How To Do It. Passing on ideas to others with thoughts about how they might use them. I seem to notice more than most people, and my brain naturally connects to how to apply concepts behind what others are thinking.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

One of the top conference food trends noted in a 2015 IACC report was that attendees want to interact with the chef. It could be a tasting menu with the chef walking attendees through each course, a presentation of how to make a tasty local favorite, or simply a Q&A session about local food and restaurant trends.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. We are in the process of developing the foundation action plan for how to respond to recommendations made by the external evaluators.

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Beth Kanter

MAY 22, 2013

Colleagues Kari Dunn Saratovsky and Derrick Feldmann have published a new book called Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement. If you want to learn more about how to work with Millennials from both inside and outside your nonprofit, head to MCON Conference in Indianapolis in July.

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Association 141+

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I have made close connections with colleagues through email, phone conferences, facebook, twitter, etc. Recently, I have made visits to our chapters in San Francisco, Memphis, Indianapolis and (as I write this post on the plane back from this latest visit) Milwaukee. The Annual Conference Time Warp. ► December. (3).

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

How many conference speakers have you seen that don’t want attendees asking, answering, commenting or participating during their presentations? But they often don’t know how to do it differently. Howard, author , sociologist and Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University in Indianapolis.

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