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Transform Your Next Meeting with the Unexpected

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They’ve been on the hunt to improve attendee experience and engagement for years—but at what cost? In fact, 76 percent of companies agree that partnerships are key to delivering on their revenue goals, according to the June 2019 Forrester Consulting study “ Invest In Partnerships To Drive Growth And Competitive Advantage.”

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.27.20

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Devin Lewis, CEM, CMP, Director of Regional Sales, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority Washington DC Office. Join a peer-peer idea exchange—no cost, no presentations, no consultants, no vendors. Generating Revenue in a COVID World. Courtney Clark, Author. More info/register. Wed 12/2 at 12 p.m. –

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

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Recognize the difference between soft and hard costs. Presenter: Patti Shock, academic consultant, The International School of Hospitality, and professor emeritus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Wed 7/26 at 8:30 a.m. – DC-PPN Idea Exchange Meeting (Washington DC). Be able to deal with not reaching your F&B minimums.

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Can You Better Serve Your Tradeshow Market?

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Earlier this week as I was catching up on the meetings and tradeshow-related reading that I missed while out on vacation over the holidays, I came across an interesting article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. But given a number of factors, including costs and staffing, associations can’t create new tradeshows for every audience.

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New Group to Make Business Case for M2M

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The International M2M Council (IMC) officially launched at the CTIA Wireless show this week in Las Vegas, and the group already includes several influential connectivity providers, software developers, and component makers and integrators. “As said in a statement. ORBCOMM is a charter IMC board member.

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Sorry, Sports Fans: The NCAA Drops Its Video Game Contract

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And based how a lengthy lawsuit goes, the cost could go deeper than a few video games. The athletes are the ones performing,” O’Bannon told The Las Vegas Sun in a 2010 interview. But given the current business climate and costs of litigation, we determined participating in this game is not in the best interests of the NCAA.”

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Audit Confirms Lavish IRS Conference Spending

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The embattled Internal Revenue Service has come under fire again this week—this time for failing to control its spending on conferences, a new inspector general’s report said. Good Counsel What are the legal implications of reduced federal employee meeting attendance for associations? Contracts and insurance coverage are key issues to watch.