Smooth The Path

APRIL 20, 2021

Conferences tend to offer two main benefits, education and connection. Many associations are developing academies that members can access whenever they need to learn, which means there is no longer the need for members to wait for the conference. Does that mean that soon there will be no need for conferences?

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

While things have changed, these tenets will hold true and the principles can be applied to other D&I conferences and events. After studying and consulting on several successful association women’s conferences, I can confidently say – they need to be very different than other conferences in your portfolio.

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This week, I attended the ASAE Technology Exploration Conference, my first in-person event since January 2020. My MAIN takeaway was that it was very good to see friends and colleagues in the industry who, for the past two years, have appeared only as small rectangles on my computer screen. They may have forgotten how to conference.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Emilio attended the Association of Fundraising Professionals conference who quickly had taken their conference online at the beginning of the pandemic. AG Bell slimmed their original schedule down and tailored it from 68 to around 40 sessions and held a two-day conference in July with multiple concurrent sessions.

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Forj

MAY 13, 2021

In 2020, associations everywhere were faced with a tough decision: pivot to virtual events or cancel their much-anticipated conferences outright. Now, over a year later, associations are now planning their conferences either fully virtual or hybrid from the jump. 6 Virtual Conferences Lessons Learned for 2021.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Main room gaffes — Lock in your run-of-show and rehearse more than ever before. What are some other ways you have dealt with staff shortages at your conferences? The post Making Up for Fewer Skilled Workers at Your Conference appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw. If you need 20 volunteers, get 25.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

With more of your attendees going meatless and looking for meetings to have a smaller environmental footprint, should your conference menu be plant-based too? As sustainability becomes more of a priority and as attendee dietary preferences change, how are your conference menus evolving? Please share in the comments.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 21, 2020

Over the past couple weeks, conversations with our clients have shifted from crisis decision-making for conferences occurring in the near-term (reactive) to scenario planning for the fall (proactive). In our Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic post , we provided a framework for scenario planning. Resetting Expectations.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2021

One of the other main topics we discussed was Engagement Scoring. Think about the last time you went to an in-person conference in the Before Times: What was the best or most useful part of the event? It was probably a lot of Likert scale questions about the venue and the food and the speakers and the conference app.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2018

Likewise, many conference professionals have no idea what embracing the long-tail, pull benefits of content marketing even means. Most marketing and communications teams agree that content marketing serves as the foundation to their conference marketing strategy. A Poverty Of Conference Content Marketing Success. Get specific.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 24, 2023

As a 25+ year member of NSA, I was eager to see how they would weave in their 50-year anniversary and deliver on a promise to elevate the education and main room experiences. Instead of just throwing a big party, they intentionally looked for ways to weave their history (and future) into all aspects of the conference.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 10, 2018

This is the first of two posts that are intended to be a helpful resource for conference organizers as they develop their attendee succession-plan strategy. Key Indicators For Most Conferences. Don’t schedule committee, board, or invitation-only events during your main program. Josh Packard states. User Experience Design (UXD).

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2020

As we look to 2021, I see three main membership challenges for associations: Remember that membership is a lagging indicator. This impacts association meetings, which in turn impacts everything most associations do because the conference often provides 30-50% of annual revenue. What you did yesterday won’t work today.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 28, 2019

Determining how much food to order to feed conference attendees can be tricky. Although most meeting planners would prefer to donate unserved food to local food banks and charities instead of wasting it, many conference venues aren’t aware of how to safely donate food. To learn more, view our available venues throughout the city.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

How your audience responds will have a direct impact on your conference’s brand image and credibility. From a conference design perspective, we believe the current best practice is to bookend your conference by opening with a strong-thought provoking speaker and closing with inspiration.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Conference organizers know that the “main course” of their education offering and value proposition is in the concurrent education sessions. Don’t Leave Education to Chance Imagine what could happen if you invested in developing your conference committee members and speakers to increase the quality of their delivery and session design?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Conference: CAMX—The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo. If you’d like us to consider your meeting for an upcoming Conference Circuit, contact Samantha Whitehorne at swhitehorne@asaecenter.org. Bell Helicopter is offering attendees tours of its two main composite manufacturing centers. City: Dallas. Industry in action.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

ACOFP had a 90% attendance rate for its virtual conference, ACOFP ’20 Virtual, which the organization created to replace its annual in-person convention. In converting its annual conference to a virtual event, the American Psychological Association decided to figure out how to make it even better than a live event.

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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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Associations Now

JUNE 18, 2019

At the tens of thousands of science and medicine conferences every year, many attendees attend poster sessions, where rooms filled with research posters proudly boast their findings. “A Post-conference surveys can help shape the future of your annual meeting. So, one man designed a new type of poster to accelerate discovery.

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Association Success

MAY 7, 2018

Takeaways from the Learning-Technology-Design Conference 2018 Developed and hosted by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele of Tagoras , the annual Learning ? Design (LTD) event is an online conference designed for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development. For the LTD conference, Tagoras nailed this.

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Association Success

MARCH 8, 2018

Supplement your national conference with regional events and watch participation grow. For many associations, our traditional national conferences are like classic BMWs - four doors, a black or silver exterior, and time-honored elegance that appeals to a top-end market.

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2017

While the sign didn’t spur an interest in joining, it did get me thinking about the role of advisory boards or councils when it comes to association conferences. But how else can an association employ its conference advisory board members to improve meetings and events? Conference marketer. Speaker solicitor.

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MemberClicks

APRIL 12, 2024

A panel discussion employs a specific format that allows a group of people to exchange views and insights on a certain topic as part of a meeting, conference, or other event. There are a few different structures or types of panel discussions for you to consider for your next event or conference.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Main Stage Presenters: 24. The 2015 Annual Conference for the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association makes its way to Georgia next week. Conference: 2015 Annual Conference. If you’d like us to consider your meeting for an upcoming Conference Circuit, contact Samantha Whitehorne at swhitehorne@asaecenter.org.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 16, 2024

Member acquisition Member acquisition is perhaps one of the main reasons your association would form a member marketing strategy. Also consider thanking new members for joining your organization by offering discounts to your annual conference or other big-ticket events. Here are five ways to advance member marketing with AI: 1.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy uses a mentoring program that incentivizes conference attendance and provides members with opportunities to network and recruit new staff. The membership department created a conference buddy system that paired experienced members with new members, mainly student pharmacists and young practitioners.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

This week’s General Conference on Weights and Measures, taking place in France and put on by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, is expected to change the way it measures kilograms, moving from a literal model on which the measurement is based to a mathematical model. It’s a big shift in the world of weights and measures.

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Socious

DECEMBER 12, 2016

If your organization isn’t putting event information where its attendees are, on mobile, then you’re not engaging conference-goers effectively. Instead of needing multiple, complex mobile event tools, AMEX’s study found that event attendees only wanted to be able to do three main things on mobile. So where are you?

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 9, 2018

Maybe the long-term member who always attends your conference would appreciate a free – or deeply discounted – registration. Or priority access to the main hotel. Or a special badge ribbon noting her “conference veteran” status. Or VIP seating at the general sessions.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

My husband and I wanted a long-weekend destination wedding in Maine where we could enjoy lots of time with our families and friends. When we hosted in-person events and conferences, there were lots of micro-volunteering roles. Virtual conferences connect with a new audience of members.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2015

When talking about conference education, most people think about the traditional lecture. It is perceived as the holy grail of much of the conference. Our Love/Hate Affair With Conference Lectures. People come to conferences with a social expectation that they will be lectured to. It’s a paradox. Unlocking That Paradox.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Instead of virtual verbal debriefs consider: For short breakouts, ask participants to summarize what was talked about in the chat upon returning to the main room. Virtual conferences might level the speaker playing field. For in-depth breakouts, assign a recorder who takes notes of the small team conversation in a shared document.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here’s what to tout to get them to your next conference. Talking up the benefits of mixing a trip to your conference with a couple days of fun might get more of this demographic registered for your meetings. The post Can Encouraging Bleisure Travel Boost Millennial Conference Attendance?

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Associations Now

JULY 16, 2015

The National Speakers Association’s Influence 2015 conference heads to Washington, DC, this weekend. Conference: Influence 2015. If you’d like us to consider your meeting for an upcoming Conference Circuit, contact Samantha Whitehorne at swhitehorne@asaecenter.org. Association: National Speakers Association.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to the survey, association innovation tends to focus around a few main areas: website and social media; conventions, conferences and seminars; education programs; and membership, technology and marketing (56 percent each).

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MemberClicks

JULY 20, 2023

Here we’ll guide you through doing this with the help of event tech like GTR and Conference App. We’ll touch on a few ideas to engage your event attendees using GTR below and then talk about our amazing companion app, Conference App. Your main sponsor can have their logo on these badges, where their name will be seen by everyone.

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