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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

According to the 2016 Center for Exhibition Industry Research Index Report, trade shows will sustain a yearly 3 percent growth for the next few years. As the report states: “The days of an association being able to provide a year’s worth of value to members through one annual meeting are over. Meeting planners do, too.

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Green Meetings Are Easier to Plan than You Think

Master the Event

Posting a Green Meeting Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Increased Responsibilities Many people, including myself until recently, are under the impression that having a green meeting means additional tasks and increased responsibilities. Especially with social media becoming more and more prominent in our lives.

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To Meet or Not to Meet; That is The Question; How Associations Look at Member Meetings.

StraussCA

Some organizations are pulling back on sending staff to meetings in efforts to protect the environment. Businesses have also discovered different ways of connecting with their customers through email, social media, and other digital mediums.

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Making Conference Swag Sustainable

PCMA Convene

At a Women in CleanTech & Sustainability event, Ethical Swag’s bamboo cutlery in branded pouches made of recycled materials were coveted items. When Tara Milburn attended her first Promotional Products Association International Show in 2010 or 2011, it was her first entrée into swag (stuff we all get). Tara Milburn.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As The Ethics of Fams.

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