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5 Practices for Improving Concurrent Sessions

Velvet Chainsaw

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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Hosting a Virtual Conference: Lessons Learned for 2021

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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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The Case for Board Diversity

Associations Now

In a piece on that subject published last week at the Stanford Social Innovation Review , nonprofit professionals Katie Smith Milway and Susan Wolf Ditkoff point to a few examples from the space about how and why they frame those conversations on their boards.

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How to increase registration for your virtual events

Association Success

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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En Route For Next-Gen Conference Audiences

Velvet Chainsaw

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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.11.20

Reid All About it

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. Sarah Gershman, Harvard Business Review ). 2021 attendee intent survey. Virtual networking meetups.

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How To Find Keynote Speakers

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Organizing a successful conference hinges not only on the quality of its content but also significantly on the caliber of its keynote speakers. Identify Your Conference Needs Determine the type of keynote speaker you want based on your conference’s theme, audience, and goals. What type of fees can you expect?

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