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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...

Stop Waiting and Start HOLLERing

By Mary Tucker | Senior Communications and Content Manager | IAEE The excitement is building as Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2026 heads to the Baird Center in Milwaukee on 16-18 November, and it’s shaping up to be the industry gathering of the...

How to Detect a Selfish Leader

It may be the person you see in the mirror—executives often miss the blind spots that let them confuse dominance with collaboration. “I’m a great collaborator—everybody says so.” It’s not hard to detect the flaw in a statement like that. A leader who takes pride in...

Five Tools for Difficult Conversations

Dr. Poornima Luthra is the author of Can I Say That? and The Art of Active Allyship. The world we live in today, characterized by complexity, uncertainty, and change, is also one where rising polarization has made it “really difficult to have conversations at work, at...
People on the Move

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where. Emma Elder The Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has hired Emma Elder as national sales manager. She will sell and market Atlanta as a destination for group meetings with 251–1,200 rooms on...

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How One Association Earned an Advocacy Win

The National Association of Broadcasters’ campaign to preserve AM radio had a big push on the air—but savvy online organizing helped as well.‘ Last week a Congressional committee approved a bill that would require cars to have access to AM radio. The move comes a year...

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A Better Approach to Team-Building

Remote and hybrid work have unsettled an already messy environment. Strengthening teams starts with improving how you communicate with them. Teams are in trouble. According to research gathered by TED, half of meeting attendees find them unproductive—the proverbial...

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