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Match a City’s Perks with Your Attendees’ Interests

Associations Now

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) hosted its 100th annual meeting in Indianapolis June 28–July 2, 2019, knowing the sports-loving city would welcome the event and offer advantages over other cities. Headquartered in Indianapolis, NFHS is the national leadership organization for high school sports and activities.

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Start with One Change to Create a Sustainable Meeting

Associations Now

Make one change, learn from your experience and start building a practice,” says Julia Spangler, a sustainable events consultant in Indianapolis. “It First consider how to reduce the materials and energy you use, then how to reuse items. How to Reduce and Reuse. It doesn’t have to be perfect from the start.

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Can Encouraging Bleisure Travel Boost Millennial Conference Attendance?

Associations Now

Indianapolis has joined the bike share revolution with the addition of 29 Indiana Pacers Bikeshare stations downtown. And the Indianapolis Cultural Trail , an eight-mile urban bike and pedestrian path, is a great way to see a lot of what downtown Indy has to offer sans car. Share how to get your shop on.

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Create Memorable Events That Leave Your Attendees In Awe

Associations Now

MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) in June in Indianapolis was held entirely in a huge open-plan exhibit space at the Indiana Convention Center. MPI also included its board of directors and Indianapolis as key stakeholders. No conference rooms. Organizations shouldn’t simply borrow ideas from other groups’ successful meetings.

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3 Tips to Best Determine the ROI of Your Meeting

Associations Now

To create a successful meeting, you need to know how to measure and understand the return on investment (ROI). To do that, you need to establish measurable objectives and develop a detailed, written plan for how to measure those goals. This year’s event will be held in October in Indianapolis.

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Looking Ahead to the Second Half of 2017

Idea Architects

Much of my extended sabbatical time has been reading and writing on the topic of Say Yes Less: Why It Matters and How to Do It. Topics ranged from how to make senior management team meetings more effective to rethinking the design and facilitation of volunteer leadership conferences. That's the update from Indianapolis.

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Book Review: Cause for Change

Beth Kanter

Colleagues Kari Dunn Saratovsky and Derrick Feldmann have published a new book called Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement. It begins with a story about Team Rubicon , a new model for disaster relief organization and veteran-focused enterprise founded by Jake Wood shortly after the Haiti Earthquake.

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