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The Case for Treating Your Event Like a Culinary Experience

Associations Now

Ross Bailey, owner of Tastings Wine Bar in Indianapolis, also runs a wine truck. If your conference is in a city with a strong craft beer scene, set up a bunch of different tasting stations and then set your attendees free to sample them.

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Failing Flailing

Idea Architects

Here in Indianapolis last year, we celebrated failure with an entire day devoted to the topic: Fail Fest. As the desire to innovate has taken hold in institutions of all forms (education, government, nonprofit, and corporate), the admonishment that "It''s OK to fail" has increased in both volume and frequency.