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Fuel Your Meeting Attendees with Modern, Local Cuisine

Associations Now

Meeting planners who underestimate modern cuisine in non-coastal cities like Indianapolis would be making a mistake. Some consider Indianapolis a fly-over city; they don’t expect good food here, but that’s changing,” says Lauren McGraw, event manager for the acclaimed Indianapolis restaurant Bluebeard.

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Get Board Buy-In for Your Association’s Learning Business

Leading Learning

To help you prepare to present your learning business expansion project to your board, this guide will explore three keys to having productive and persuasive conversations with your board about your learning business. Here’s what we’ll cover: Express market demand for education opportunities. Research similar associations.

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The Art of Designing a Memorable Food and Beverage Display

Associations Now

In 2017, the AZA annual meeting was hosted by the Indianapolis Zoo, the location for Zoo Day. Here are four tips that helped AZA and the Indianapolis Zoo wow attendees: 1. The last thing we wanted was a 12-food, double-sided buffet line where people had to stand in line,” says Liz Mok, Indianapolis Zoo special events manager. “We

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4 Ways Museums Can Engage Millennials

Achieve

Museum development officers and marketing professionals are all wondering if members of the Millennial generation (born after 1979) will support museums like our parents did. Similarly, The Millennial Impact Project. She is pursuing a master’s nonprofit management and philanthropic studies at IUPUI in Indianapolis. He’s right.

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Looking Back at 2018: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

SBI

We are most proud of Shantaé Young, who completed her master’s degree in marketing. In 2018, we participated in several giving projects for our local Seattle area. conference put on by MemberClicks in Indianapolis, Indiana; and Washington State Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Annual Chapter Awards here in Seattle, Washington.

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Chicago’s Plan to Stay in the Conference Game

Associations Now

The $400 million project would include amenities such as meeting space and a restaurant. In particular, the city is seeing a growing threat from nearby Indianapolis, which has had success with midsize events. And even considering the pressure Chicago is seeing from smaller markets, it remains a dominant force in the conference space.

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Survey: Corporate Responsibility Helps Attract, Retain Millennial Workers

Associations Now

We thought in this fifth year that we were really missing a big piece of the puzzle,” said Emily Yu, vice president of marketing and partnerships at the Case Foundation. Everything from service projects and day-service pieces to service-oriented sabbaticals, it’s all in the arsenal of associations,” she said.