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Four Smart Savvy Conference Tips For Attendees

Tweet It’s the start of the fall conference season. Some of my trade association colleagues are making their annual journey to the trade association Mecca. Well, let’s not get too carried away with calling ASAE’s Annual Meeting and Expo Mecca. Four Tips To Make Your Conference Experience More Successful Whether you’re attending ASAE12 or another…

Cheat Sheet: #ASAE12 Annual Meeting Sessions For Professional Development Staff

Tweet ASAE 2012 Annual Meeting and Expo offers a wide variety of education sessions. Here’s a cheat sheet of the education opportunities specific for trade association professional development staff. Sunday, August 12, 2012, 1:30 – 2:45 PM Video as an Educational and Communication Tool Dallas Convention Center (DCC): D171 John Cox JD, Jeff Ghannam, David…

Big Hair, Big Bling, Big Money, Big Boots: Things To Know Before You Go To ASAE 12 In Dallas

Tweet Everything is bigger in Texas. Yes, in Texas size matters. At least, that’s what most Texans want you to believe! Whether its Texas-sized chicken fried steak smothered in gravy, boot-scottin’ country & western bars, Sam Moon’s bling and fashion accessories stores, the Texas State Fair, Highland Park mansions or the Dallas’ Cowboy’s Stadium, it’s…

Enough Of Slow Death Conferences!

Tweet “It’s like attending a slow death. Once you’ve been to one conference, you’ve been to them all. They are boring!” Those words echoed in my ears like a YouTube video continuing to loop. They stung. Resonated. Pricked my brain. They sat on my heart like concrete blocks tied to my feet and sunk in…

Six Research Tactics To Continually Improve Your Annual Meeting

Tweet R&D. Those three characters can strike fear in some and dread in others. Your annual meeting is just one touchstone in a portfolio of customer touchpoints. Like any gadget, service, or software, the annual meeting fills a need and provides solutions to customers. Usually it generates revenue for the organizing company. And like any…