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Conference Circuit: Parking Spot

Associations Now

The 2018 National Parking Association Convention & Expo begins next week in Las Vegas. More than 1,500 parking industry professionals and experts are headed to Vegas in the upcoming days to discuss current trends and best practices and learn firsthand what their colleagues are doing to stay ahead. City: Las Vegas.

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The Price of Honesty

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Recently, I went to New Media Expo (#NMX) in Las Vegas. Advice for business from people I know varies wildly from, "always tell people you are doing great - no one wants to do business with a loser," to "have the courage to be honest and people will respond to that honesty." My tendency is toward the latter. I expose a lot.

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Success Breeds Pressure for Event Planners, Study Finds

Associations Now

Continuing industry consolidation means fewer options for buyers, and that will push prices up.”. The report ranks Las Vegas the top North American city for events, based on Carlson Wagonlit’s booking data: It jumped from 10th place to first in a single year.

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Why Vegas?

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Vegas has turned into the best of the best in everything—dining, hotel rooms, shopping, entertainment, meeting space—all at a terrific price,” says Stephanie Glanzer, vice president of sales at Mandalay Bay. 8% The average increase in attendance when annual meetings rotate into Las Vegas. hours in other cities.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.8.21

Reid All About it

Virtual conference pricing. At ASAE, Warren Hoffman of the Association for Jewish Studies explains how they priced their virtual annual meeting. This case study will help you make an effective argument for appropriate pricing. Building new norms. 1 CAE credit.

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Beware of Commoditizing Customers or Members

Idea Architects

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. In his excellent presentation, Moore also noted that a brand story must be about more than just low prices.

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House Report: Poor Leadership Led to VA Conference Spending Spree

Associations Now

After Ouster, Lessons Learned Martha Johnson, the former GSA administrator who resigned in April 2012 after revelations the agency spent $800,000 on a Las Vegas conference, is detailing some of the leadership lessons she learned as head of the agency in a new book, On My Watch: Leadership, Innovation, and Personal Resilience.