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My Interview with Creative Maya Kalman, CEO of SWANK Productions

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

One exemplary standout from the lineup of speakers is Maya Kalman, SWANK Productions CEO. Maya will be mentoring event planners on in the Plan-A-Thon workshop, a part of the Event Leadership Institute Workshop Series, during the IdeaFest N.Y. I''m both the CEO and creative director of SWANK Productions.

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“Disrupt” Your Meeting to Improve Attendee Productivity

Associations Now

To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. In this series, we’ll learn how these planners are driving change, creating memorable events and inspiring their attendees at each and every meeting. That’s just not acceptable.

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Association Brain Food: 4.14.23

Reid All About it

Tanner Kohler, Nielsen Norman Group ) Even in the metaverse, women remain locked out of leadership roles, although they spend more time and spearhead more initiatives there. Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Harvard Business Review ) Good eats Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Billhighway explains how to get reacquainted with post-pandemic chapter members and design a chapter event experience that’s worth their time. Leadership training. WBT Systems suggests offering something valuable in exchange for their time: free leadership training they can apply at work and at your association. Event apps.

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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

Good listens Sean Soth, chair of the Leadership Advisory Board for Professionals for Association Revenue (PAR), talks with Jeff Cobb, co-host of the Leading Learning podcast , about revenue issues, the need for a business development role in associations, and why people join PAR. Host: Black In Events Network Thu 6/1 at 1 p.m.

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Association Brain Food: 4.21.23

Reid All About it

Sherry Budziak,orgSource ) Neurodiverse candidates increase productivity and growth—here’s how to support them. Good eats Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. Hear about an exciting new approach to enhancing your events.

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2: Strategic Planning v. Strategic Thinking

Spark Consulting

But as so many of us saw during the pandemic, the traditional way of planning fails us, and it fails us SPECTACULARLY when a crisis hits. The post 2: Strategic Planning v. And the world doesn’t end if the original thing isn’t perfect, or if we do have a make a small – or big – change in the next round.