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Conference Circuit: Meeting of the Minds Heads to Detroit

Associations Now

The rate at which people and businesses abandoned Detroit over the last half-century is well documented. Although the city filed the nation’s largest municipal bankruptcy case last year, its political and business leaders say Detroit is on the cusp of significant renewal. Its population dropped from 1.85 will also be on hand.

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Detroit Metro CVB: Bankruptcy Won’t Affect Conferences

Associations Now

$ 12B The amount of private-sector investment that Detroit Chamber of Commerce CEO Sandy Baruah says has been infused into the city’s economy in the past five years, creating 12,000 new jobs. The City of Detroit may be going through tough times, but its meetings industry is staying strong. We may be one of the first.

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What’s in store for 2014?

Aaron Wolowiec

Everyone’s hot to visit Detroit; Grand Rapids is topping national lists of places to live; and Traverse City keeps crushing it as a vacation destination, somehow figuring out how to lead about every trend – from craft brew making to farm-to-table cuisine – that comes down the pike. Suddenly, though, that seems to be changing.

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Vote for us for best meeting planning company!

Aaron Wolowiec

Some of the topics: learning/how the brain learns; how to improve conferences and events; and membership. Best Convention and Visitors Bureau – Detroit Metro CVB. Best Hotel with Meeting/Event Space (more than 200 guest rooms) – The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit. But don’t just take our word for it.

Michigan 100
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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based team was motivated by the desire to find solutions for struggling businesses like the Detroit automobile producers. The results signal success within their community, and ABMS is now investigating how to grow interest beyond the member boards. Move Beyond SWOT Sharon explains the book’s premise like this.

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ASAE Annual Exhibitors Miss Another Opportunity

Reid All About it

So why are you telling someone who didn’t come to your booth: “Thanks so much for stopping by our booth at ASAE in Detroit. How do you think an email like that goes over with an association exec who didn’t visit your booth? Because too many vendors don’t understand how to develop relationships with association execs.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Making Accommodations In Workshops

Beth Kanter

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. I have written a Step-by-Step Guide to walking meetings and have gotten feedback from people with physical disabilities about how to make accommodations. However, the term “Walking Meetings,” is ableist.

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