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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…

Creating The 24/7 Small-Staff Association Online Conference

Tweet Photo by CharlieGentle http://www.flickr.com/photos/charliegentle/94736480/sizes/o/ Join me July 13-15, 2010, for ASAE’s Online Conference for Small Staff Associations (nonprofit associations with ten or few staff).     2010 Small Staff Association Online Conference Topic: With the rise of social media, mobile technology, and a very vocal blogosphere, it sometimes feels like your members never sleep. How can…

Four Principles For Planning Brain-Friendly Annual Meetings

Tweet My post for ASAE’s Acronym’s “Big Ideas” month for association bloggers.  What if associations provided brain-friendly annual conferences? Planning Brain-Friendly Conferences If you wanted to create a conference environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like today’s conferences, meetings and workshops. If you…