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Turn Your Harshest Critics Into Your Biggest Supporters

Associations Now

In an article posted on PCMA.org last week , Andria Gibbon, AFCI’s vice president of events and education, discussed the unusual way the group dealt with pushback from members and a significant decline in attendance after it moved its annual Creativation show from its longtime home in Anaheim, California, to Phoenix in 2017.

Phoenix 105
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What Happens When Digital Education Reaches Your Profession/Industry?

SCD Group

The digitally-driven rapid changes in higher education could be a precursor for associations and our role in knowledge transfer. The Minerva Schools at KGI is one of several recent entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at shaking up traditional higher education. Large corporations in the University of Phoenix model?

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Four Paradigm Shifts to Reshape Your Next Meeting for Attendees 

Associations Now

Association members have received an education in how to get what they need without gathering face to face. At Rancho de los Caballeros, about 70 miles northwest of Phoenix, visitors can golf—a conference staple—and also try their hands at skeet shooting, archery, and horseback riding. Learn more at visitarizona.com.

Arizona 52
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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.5.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. WBT Systems explains how these boxes enhance the online course experience and provides ideas for box content and logistics. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Membership campaigns. Virtual watercooler. every Monday.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.21.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maggie McGary shares insights from the Community Roundtable’s 10th Annual State of Community Management report and cross-references them with findings from MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Try it on bluefish too. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.18.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association marketing. Quick hits before we get to the list of next week’s free education: Virtual trade shows in the time of COVID-19: tax considerations for nonprofits. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week.

Montana 351