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Buckaroo Breakaway Cadillac Conference Programming Trends Looming Your Way In 2017 – Part 1

Velvet Chainsaw

It’s the adventures of your next conference experience across the eighth dimension. Well, similar to Buckaroo’s adventures, you have the opportunity to take your band of conference participants into the 21st Century conference dimension. These conference programming trends are headed your way.

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Burn Conference Traditions Immune From Criticism

Velvet Chainsaw

Your association, annual conference, and governance are all institutions. That’s a decline of 14 percentage points from the 2017 report. One of the sacred cows for associations and their annual conference is attributing notoriety to the office of the president, board chair or annual conference committee chair.

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Even More Buckaroo Breakaway Cadillac Conference Programming Trends – Part 2

Velvet Chainsaw

They would embrace the context of each dimension much like you need to embrace these current conference programming trends. Five More Cadillac Conference Programming Trends. Here are the next five 2017 conference programming trends. Strategically Using The Conference As An On-Ramp Not A Cul-De-Sac.

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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

Credit: iStock Event organizers are feeling the pinch as industry suppliers, venues and transportation companies rebound from the pandemic. Event venues are raising rates for basic services like electrical, internet, trash management and catering. Travel costs are rising due to strong demand (led by the leisure sector).

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Webinar for Healthcare Event Organizers

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“How Healthcare Associations Can Unlock Revenue Through Event Tech” Thu, Apr 19, 2018 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT. Join this power-packed panel to hear how healthcare associations are successfully unlocking new revenue streams through event technology. Sign up Now. dahliaelgazzar.

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20 Ways to Modernize an Annual Meeting – Part 1

Velvet Chainsaw

If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. Invitation-Only Events. Most annual meetings have used the same template agenda for decades. They just replace the filling each year. Annual Business Meeting.

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20 Ways to Remake Your Annual Meeting – Part 2

Velvet Chainsaw

We outlined the first 10 things you need to kill — from making your annual business meeting part of your general session to promoting invitation-only events — in order to bring your meeting up to speed. For most conference committees (and next-gen participants), they’re a snore. Here are the next 10 elements to knock off.

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