Associations Now

JANUARY 2, 2020

For example, at IAEE’s Expo! last month in Las Vegas, attendees could use a facial recognition check-in process onsite. For example, National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. One idea to consider: using facial-recognition software to speed up registration.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

A classic example—“We’re going to announce our new standard at CES.” I buy a small hand sanitizer at the CVS on the Las Vegas strip every time I’m in town. At TED , I’m a big fan of the " morning run. It’s literally that—a group of 20 or so attendees going for a run together and chatting as they do. Be realistic. Meeting place.

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JANUARY 1, 2020

The upgrade provides high-density coverage and faster download speeds at MGM Resorts’ meeting and convention spaces in Las Vegas, and also allows users to stay logged in for up to 72 hours. MGM Resorts International offers 4 million square feet of meeting and convention space within a two-mile stretch on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 15, 2016

This week, Wynn Las Vegas announced that it had made a deal with Amazon to equip all 4,748 of the hotel’s rooms with Alexa-enabled Echo devices, a significant coup for the tech giant, whose devices will now be directly associated with a luxury brand. “In Turns out, they already are. Infographic of the Day.

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 3, 2014

In fact, when this post goes live, I''ll be in the thick of things at the Las Vegas Convention Center. image source It''s been a busy few weeks at my association. Our Annual Conference just passed, we''re now revving up for our big triennial trade show. Hence our scavenger hunt.

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Association Success

MARCH 13, 2018

We once worked with a client that always held their annual meeting in Las Vegas because they assumed it was a place people wanted to go. These are just a couple of examples of how data analytics can steer your association in the right direction. Embrace it!

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Content curation tips and examples to fill your editorial calendar. Such a large and visible occasion provided the opportunity to showcase the close co-operation between the client (EAIE) and the hosting venue (Messukeskus Helsinki) to build a sustainable event and provide an example that inspires the meeting industry to be more sustainable.

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JUNE 23, 2017

In addition, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority unveiled its Diamond Lot back in January. For example, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores holds some of the Strategic Exchange Appointments that take place at its annual meeting outside.

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JANUARY 6, 2015

Considering the scale of the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas has its work cut out for it each year. Now imagine how crazy that must be if you’re heading to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show , an event where everyone is guaranteed to have a device or six.

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 30, 2016

The conference this year is in Las Vegas. For example, new members renew far, far less frequently. Poke around and most of the marketing copy you read focuses on what. What we do, what we are and what we have just created: We are 75 years old. This guide is 102 pages. We are a community of professionals. But why does.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 30, 2015

To come up with best practices and tools, the APEX Room Block Poaching Workgroup conducted research among meetings professionals and found, for example, that 73 percent had events or meetings that were targeted by pirate companies. The group also held a Poaching Summit of industry experts in Las Vegas.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JANUARY 16, 2014

For example: I hate exercise. Recently, I went to New Media Expo (#NMX) in Las Vegas. Honesty can be really expensive. At least it seems like it. Because if I were to tell you a list of truths, you might make decisions about me that were not necessarily pleasant. I''m bored with green juice and the entire juicing craze.

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

I am serving as emcee/learning weaver for a major convention in Las Vegas this week, a role that gives me the opportunity to engage with each of the general session presenters. Yesterday, John Moore of Brand Autopsy shared this slide in his presentation The Bigness of Smallness.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Devin Lewis, CEM, CMP, Director of Regional Sales, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority Washington DC Office. With plenty of real-life before and after examples, quick tips and tricks, and resources for reference you’ll become a storytelling master. Courtney Clark, Author. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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JULY 2, 2014

Formally unveiled at the Networld/Interop conference in Las Vegas on May 12, 1999, The ASP Industry Consortium grew to more than 800 corporate members in 18 months and established a global ecosystem to promote this new computing paradigm. The organization published its first specification, CompactPCI ® , soon after launch.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Faced with the challenge of having its Super Mobility Week take place at the same time as Apple’s highly anticipated keynote earlier this week, the association set up the Las Vegas event around the week’s big tech story. Basili, for example, admitted that while he liked what he saw, he’s “not wildly Apple.”

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Indianapolis is a great example of this phenomenon: Salesforce bought marketing-tech success ExactTarget, enabling a cadre of newly-anointed entrepreneurs to launch their own ventures and startups, further spurring activity in the city. For example, the Indianapolis Zoo recently opened a new, eco-conscious private events pavilion.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Bouncing back from a scandal: A 2010 Las Vegas conference put the spotlight on conference spending by federal agencies generally (and the GSA in particular), and led to big restrictions on conference and travel budgets. And that’s what Dan Tangherlini has been helping the agency do.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 3, 2014

Earlier this week as I was catching up on the meetings and tradeshow-related reading that I missed while out on vacation over the holidays, I came across an interesting article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. If you’re not thinking about how to better serve your market, there’s likely someone else out there who is.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Questions that need to be answered, for example: What do you like? Also: The Expo moves between Las Vegas and Orlando, but some attendees go only to one city, so it’s pointless to send them direct mail about the other. Rather, psychographics—interests, attitudes, and opinions—are the key to success. What do you need?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The World Education Conference in Las Vegas, for example, set its stage in the middle—not the easiest for presenters, but it kept the entire audience engaged, and nobody could hide in the back. Rather than changing furnishings, planners are better off focusing on the content curation, Dominguez says.

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 2, 2012

First it was the General Services Administration spending $823,000 for a conference in Las Vegas. While some see these as examples of out-of-control federal spending during the Obama Administration, I see them as a threat to association meetings. A 15-minute $50,000 “Patton video” was one highlighted expense.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 28, 2016

For example, at the IMEX America tradeshow last week in Las Vegas, conference organizers introduced an attendee matchmaking service. That last sentiment is exactly why a lot of associations are helping their attendees “buddy up” both before meetings and onsite through formalized programs and initiatives.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 12, 2015

As crowds gathered in Las Vegas last week for the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show , one organization wanted to dispel the myth that its members are not comfortable with technology. AARP Nevada sent 50 tech-savvy seniors wearing “#DisruptAging” shirts to the Lifelong Tech Pavilion to check out the gadgets on display.

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Associations Now

APRIL 19, 2016

They included paramedics who responded to the San Bernardino terrorist attack, an EMT who singlehandedly provided initial triage to pedestrians hit by a car on a busy sidewalk on the Las Vegas strip, and a paramedic who responded to a school bus accident in Kentucky in which three children died and several were injured.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Kiosks will be set up at Chicago O’Hare, Indianapolis, Las Vegas’ McCarran, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall airports, in addition to the pilot kiosk currently at Dallas/Ft. Worth airport.

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Associations Now

JULY 25, 2016

2020: Las Vegas. de la Merced write in the New York Times about Yahoo’s sale to Verizon. Eric Lanke of the National Fluid Power Association is a rare example of an association CEO who frequently blogs. So what comes further down the road? 2019: Columbus, Ohio. 2021: Dallas. 2022: Atlanta. The importance of blogging.

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Associations Now

JULY 23, 2013

One example: a hotel sky bar overlooking the Las Vegas Strip. He says making spaces distinctive and stimulating is going to be key to future meeting venues. Sounds like my kind of meeting. (ht ht @ eventfarm ). MAKING CONNECTIONS. 8 Creative Ways to Connect With Customers on Facebook [link] via @mashable #eventprofs.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Since 2012, the Defense Department, like most other federal agencies, has cut back on conference spending after a scandal involving a lavish 2010 General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas came to light, prompting the Office of Management and Budget to order agencies to significantly reduce travel expenses.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 29, 2015

.” And Chris Lowney, author of Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads, rounds out the meeting with a discussion of how Catholic higher education executives can follow the Holy Father’s leadership example. The Week Ahead. Down the Line.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

See examples of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, as well as blogs that other nonprofits have successfully used to draw attention to their organizations and volunteer opportunities. Host: Smart Meetings and Top Golf Las Vegas. Guest: Shelly Alcorn, CAE, founder, Alcorn Associates. Tue 11/8 at 2 p.m. More info/register.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

This approach works for agencies like the General Services Administration, which hosted the lavish 2010 event in Las Vegas that sparked the conference scandal. AFCEA International, for example, has launched shorter formats to adapt to federal conference spending cuts.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Get an explanation of the concept of content marketing and then delve deeper into examples of how the presenter’s clients are using video in their associations and businesses. Glen Simpson, Director of Special Operations for Las Vegas Community Ambulance. 1 CAE credit. Location: Alexandria VA. More info/register.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 7, 2015

On Tuesday, in Las Vegas, the giant chipmaker announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show that sometime in 2015 it would start selling the Intel Compute Stick , an HDMI dongle that turns any HDTV into a fully functional Windows 8.1 Those computers hooked up to TVs at your conference? And you can thank Intel for that.

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Associations Now

APRIL 23, 2015

In comments at the group’s annual CinemaCon meeting in Las Vegas, the president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners noted that the industry was finding strength by creating roles highlighting gender diversity. For decades, the movie industry has faced questions regarding the way it portrays women.

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Associations Now

JUNE 5, 2014

For members of the association world not born with a controller in hand, the conference nonetheless offers an interesting example of an organization on the cutting edge of new media, from the standard social media outlets to a Twitch live-streaming channel that will be tackling the daily proceedings. The Week Ahead.

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Associations Now

JULY 29, 2013

Presumably, that would mean government researchers at the National Institutes of Health, for example, could attend only one meeting of the American Medical Association per year. The bill’s cosponsors include Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Jeffrey Chiesa (R-NJ), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and John McCain (R-AZ).

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