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

Velvet Chainsaw

In the conference arena, conference choice architects frame their programming based on solving the needs of their target audience. How could you get your planning teams to partner with you to embrace one or more of these trends? Choice architects influence choice by changing the manner in which options are presented to people.

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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

According to a recent survey by The Exhibitor Advocate, exhibitors are seeing increased labor rates and material handling and shipping costs between 20-30% since 2017. Expenses for exhibitors at association trade shows have increased significantly while corporate marketing budgets have remained flat.

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2018 40 Under 40: Alison Jo McKeithen

Connect Your Meetings

as conferences manager at NMAC. Through conference planning, I work to keep adult education interesting and relevant so my attendees continue to fight HIV in and for their communities. Through dynamic plenary and attendee engagement, conference registration more than doubled in 2017.

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20 Ways to Modernize an Annual Meeting – Part 1

Velvet Chainsaw

If so, what strategies did you use that helped create change? Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. The post 20 Ways to Modernize an Annual Meeting – Part 1 appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.

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Burn Conference Traditions Immune From Criticism

Velvet Chainsaw

That’s a decline of 14 percentage points from the 2017 report. Who Do You Trust? According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, only one-third of Americans trust their government to do what is right. The report further revealed that trust is at an all-time low for other institutions — including business, NGOs, and the media.

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A Cautionary Word From Research About Personalization

Velvet Chainsaw

Personalization—it seems to be the 2017 buzzword for nonprofit associations and conferences. Everyone seems to be talking about it like here and here. Yet, personalization is more than technology. It means more than our past purchases or posts in social media.

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Configurable and Personalized Conference Experiences

Velvet Chainsaw

The post Configurable and Personalized Conference Experiences appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw. How can you better link your meeting’s content to your attendees’ most relevant needs? Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.