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How Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Can Help Associations Adapt to a Tight Events Market

Associations Now

For the past decade, Travel Portland has been focusing on intentional change with its EDI efforts, said Angela Nelson, vice president of equity, diversity, and inclusion. When EDI is done well, it really evokes system changes and not just a one-off, performative act. We want all points of view.”

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

As a first prompt, you might ask it to provide three cities based on where your association held its conference over the last five years. As previously mentioned, the more detailed information you put into the system, the better results you’ll get. The results?

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Association Brain Food: 3.3.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems shares several association examples of self-assessment tools and programs for choosing a career path or course of study, preparing for a certification exam, or improving business practices and policies. These range from difficulty accessing data to conflicting numbers sitting in different source systems. 1 CAE credit. . –

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Five Global Meetings Megatrends

Associations Now

For example, Portland, Oregon, recently announced it would offer free access to the region’s transit system to convention center attendees. Meeting topics and flexible formats will also be shaped by the growing number of females traveling to meetings and conferences,” said GCB. Some destinations are already doing so.

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Association Brain Food: 2.24.23

Reid All About it

After reviewing ASI’s 2023 Membership Performance Benchmark Report, WBT Systems discusses the findings and highlights the role of professional development in attracting, engaging, and retaining members. Hear about a time-tested process you can use to find a learning management system that will help your learning business thrive.

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Lean Impact Series: 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact

Beth Kanter

And, there is also a Lean Start Up Conference taking place in December that I will cover on this blog, taking the lens of how to apply to nonprofit work. Once the team saw that the farmers were using the MVP system, they invested in and built out the full Fasal product infrastructure. Linda Robinson, Gateway Green (Board Chair).