Tweet Do you plan meetings with 500 or more people? Do you secure both professional and industry speakers for your events? If yes to both questions, would you give us about 10 minutes of your time to complete this survey? Velvet Chainsaw has partnered with Tagoras, a leading market research and learning consulting company to…
Tag Archive: Education
The Six Essential Re’s Of Successful Conferences
Tweet Your conference is not as unique as you think it is! Most of them are carbon-copy, cookie-cutter replicates of each other. You may have dressed up your conference with some cosmetics to make it look different than others but it tastes, smells and feels all too familiar. It actually reminds people of a stale,…
Help Us With This Meetings And Education Research
Tweet Our mantra is that we are here to help you. It is our goal to help You The meetings and association profession and The hospitality and association industries grow and progress. That’s why we rarely ask for your help. We want to be a benefit and provide value. Today is the exception and we…
Dear Association Executive, That Is Not Education!
Tweet Dear Association Executive: Education is in your mission statement, right? If not, it’s probably in your strategic plan. Isn’t it? (If not, it should be!) How Much? So let me ask you an important question: If education is in your mission or strategic plan, how much of your budget is dedicated to educating your…
Put An End To Average, Status Quo, Ho-Hum, Boring Conference Education!
Tweet It’s time for conference organizers to mix it up and do things differently. I am so bored with the traditional conference format: opening general session in theater setting, followed by breakouts in theater or rounds, followed by lunch, followed by breakouts in theater or rounds, followed by reception or party. Really? Is that the…
