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San Antonio CVB Takes Steps to Transition to Nonprofit

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The San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau wants to better their competitive advantage and bring in more money by transitioning to a nonprofit. The more money we can spend on making sure San Antonio is visible within the state, nationally, and internationally, the better competitive advantage that we certainly will have.

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How Events Are Leveraging Creativity As They Go Virtual

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The Toy Association, which puts on two Toy Fair marketplaces annually, has taken those events virtual by putting on a series of digital “seven-day market weeks” that will help toymakers show off their wares through a number of virtual events. Among them: Building a virtual expo hall. The first virtual event will take place starting July 13.

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Conference Circuit: Franchise Forum

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The International Franchise Association’s 2016 Convention takes place in San Antonio starting this weekend. Location: San Antonio, TX. Association: International Franchise Association. Conference: 2016 IFA Convention. Venue: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Have a Meeting on the Horizon?

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Conference Circuit: Lights On

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The National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors’ 2016 Annual Conference will begin in San Antonio this weekend. Lighting distributors and manufacturers are headed to San Antonio to network, share ideas and business tactics, and learn how advances in the industry will affect their businesses moving forward.

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If You’re Looking for a Job, Look Inland, Lists Say

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If you’re in the job market, you might want to head to Pittsburgh—especially if you’re just starting out in your career. Sydney Bennet of Apartment List noted that large coastal cities like New York, Chicago, and San Francisco tend to price themselves out of the market, leading smaller markets to be a better bet.

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Study: Public Can’t See Past Profit Motive of Social Good Companies

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In the work, Saerom Lee, an assistant professor of marketing at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and coauthors Karen Winterich, an associate professor of marketing at Pennsylvania State University, and Lisa E. The Role of Greed Perceptions in Consumer Support for Social Ventures.”.

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Venue Staff Can Make (or Break) an Attendee’s Experience

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Visit Baltimore and Visit San Antonio are two other CVBs making the CTA program a priority. The CTA program is designed to build on our already high customer-service level throughout the city,” said San Antonio CVB Executive Director Casandra Matej in a press release.