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How to Score Those Sweet Paid Speaking Gigs Like a Boss

Are you tired of talking to your cat about your passion for public speaking? Do you dream of standing in front of a crowd, captivating them with your words, and getting paid big bucks for it? Well, my friend, you're in luck. In this article, I'm going to show you how...

How Boards Can Adapt in the AI Era

The technology has brought big changes to associations’ industries. But the response needs to address more than AI. AI is here to stay. Time to change everything you know about how your board operates? The question is a little facetious. But only a little. After all,...

From Member Signals to Value: How AI Helps Associations Stay Relevant

Members reveal what they need through every interaction. AI can help associations act on that information and deliver personalized experiences.  Members have more ways than ever to get answers, education, and connection. They can search online, ask an AI tool, follow...

Five Ways to Build Legacy Into Your Next Event

Destination Canada’s Legacy & Impact Study provides the most comprehensive evidence yet that events create lasting economic, social, and environmental impact. Photo courtesy Hubert Kang. Historically, the business events industry has measured success in headcounts...
Inside Indy’s Rise

Inside Indy’s Rise

A brand-new 800- room Signia by Hilton is rising across the street from — and connected via pedestrian walkway to — the Indianapolis Convention Center. Indianapolis has always been a big sports city. Growing up in a small town 45 minutes south of the capital of the...

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Seriously Cincy

Seriously Cincy

Cincinnati’s convention center has been reimagined, filled with natural light and a new floorplan totaling 750,000 square feet. If I had to choose three adjectives to describe my trip to Cincinnati in August, hosted courtesy of Visit Cincy, they would be new, new, and...

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Sea Suite

Sea Suite

The Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach’s saltwater infinity pool is steps from the shoreline. It would be impossible to see all 39 towns and cities that make up The Palm Beaches in just one three-day fam trip. But our host, Discover The Palm Beaches, packed in enough...

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What’s Next?

What’s Next?

There’s an element of anxiety that comes with feeling frozen and feeling like you’re not sure what the right path to choose is,” Ben Johnston said in a recent Investopedia article. Investopedia gave it a name: “business paralysis,” which sets in when organizations try...

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Convene’s 32nd Meetings Market Survey Results

Convene’s 32nd Meetings Market Survey Results

Planners said they are leaning into data and ROI-driven decision-making, trying out new pricing or revenue models, reworking events to be more localized or segmented, and reorganizing internally to meet current and potential future challenges head on. About Our Survey...

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