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Employee Spotlight: Heather Hughes, Marketing Communications Specialist

Protech

When the COVID-19 pandemic brought in-person events to a halt in early 2020, the Protech marketing team joined so many others in the association community in scrambling to shift gears. As Protech’s event guru, Marketing Communications Specialist Heather Hughes’ event planning skills were put to the test – and she delivered. .

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Do I Still Belong In The Association Space?

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

I still remember moving to Bethesda, Maryland, from Joplin, Missouri, starting my first job in associations - working for the Parenteral Drug Association. What does the future hold in store for me? The picture isn''t clear. I never anticipated becoming an association executive. What was an association and how could I explain it to my family?

Missouri 100
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Shell Shocked: Hermit Crab Association Reshapes Baseball Team’s Planned Giveaway

Associations Now

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs planned to give a free hermit crab to the first 1,000 fans to arrive at the minor league team’s Opening Day game. The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs announced last week that, at its Opening Day game on April 24, the first 1,000 fans to arrive would receive a free hermit crab and terrarium container.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

Reid All About it

Presenters: Stefanie Reeves, Executive Director, Maryland Psychological Association. Learn how to quickly assess your resources and put a virtual event plan in place, develop an effective program with human elements to breathe life into your event, and keep attendees engaged long after the virtual conference.

San Diego 259
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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.15.20

Reid All About it

Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events. Learn how going virtual affects the event planning lifecycle (what stays, what goes, what changes), how to build an engaging virtual event your attendees will love, and how to connect them with each other, and best practices from industry peers for virtual events of all sizes.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.24.20

Reid All About it

As the world recovers from the current crisis, and clients start to hold events again, identifying and reducing risk in the post-Coronavirus period will be vital to ensure safety, reputation, financial viability. Stefanie Reeves, Executive Director at Maryland Psychological Association. More info/register. CAE credit.

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

AssociationChat

Attendee at CPAC, where Trump and Pence also made appearances, has tested positive for coronavirus (source: CNN) March 7, 2020 – The American Conservative Union announced on Saturday that one of the attendees at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, has tested positive for coronavirus.