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4 Unexpected Questions Every Event Planner Should Ask Conference Venues

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Gain insights that reduce stress and increase revenue at your event. When scouting conference venues, event planners rely on their trusty site-visit checklist. Think of your venue as an event partner that can enhance your sponsorship program. Venue staff members have seen hundreds of events hosted in their space.

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CVBs Publish Pokémon Go Guides to Draw Visitors

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While Pokémon Go continues to gain popularity, the game also presents CVBs with a new way to market landmarks and visitors with a new way to explore. Visit Anaheim, which represents the California city that boasts Disneyland, was one of the first CVBs to use the game to market locations in the city, showing readers the best Pokémon haunts.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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While I am no longer updating this list daily, I will continue to update this list with helpful links to news and resources I’ve found that could impact how association and events professionals make decisions as we look to the horizon. What Events Are Going Ahead Despite the Pandemic? The financial markets are a bellwether, at least.

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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With almost daily announcements of conference and event cancellations mounting due to fears surrounding the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (that can develop into the deadly COVID-19 ), many association executives are wondering if their own conferences, special events, and Board meetings are safe. Deflation or inflation? Rising rates?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.2.19

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… The 11 th edition of MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is now available for download. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week—plus social events going on at ASAE Annual in Columbus. Wow, so good.

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Hug a Volunteer: It’s National Volunteer Week

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Here’s how a few associations are celebrating and supporting volunteerism this week: Several associations and nonprofits in Carlisle, Pennsylvania , participated in a “Volunteer Speed Dating” event to help kick off the week, The Sentinel reported. If you want to serve your community, we are the place to be.”. Let us know in the comments.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.9.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Our annual family beach vacation is next week—the same time as the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo (#ASAE19). An oldie but goodie… an introvert’s guide to ASAE Annual from Maggie McGary—this can be a tough event for introverts, even us social ones.