Avoid These Event Planning Pitfalls No matter how much planning and organizing you do for a big meeting or event, something is sure to go wrong. Being prepared for the unexpected should be part of your event planning. Problems often occur when all the big pieces of the puzzle are under control, but the smaller… Read more »
Hotel Contracts 101 By Shanan Atkinson Executive Director, AACA, DGA When I first started at ASG in 2002, I had zero experience with hotel contracts. I was working for a single client whose annual event had 3,000 attendees and 6 hotels with 1,200 rooms sold. Charles had created a pattern so that hotel contracts were… Read more »
New Research Finds Associations Managed by AMCs Enjoy Strong Net Revenue, Asset Growth Study shows why association management companies are a great option for associations regardless of size and tax status DETROIT – The AMC Institute today released new research demonstrating that associations that partner with association management companies (AMCs) enjoy significant revenue and asset… Read more »
Managing a For-Profit Program Offered by a Non-Profit Organization Beth Oleson, Executive Director, GAA, Food Safety Director, GFVGA Most people have heard the old adage, “non-profit organizations can’t make a profit.” Not only is this wrong, but it is often the profit generated by association programs and activities that become essential to a non-profit organization’s… Read more »
Association Services Group recently begun an internship program with support from GSAE. After the first internship quarter (January-May) both intern and supervisor wrote an article for the GSAE newsletter outlining their learning experience and tips and tricks for other AMC’s going through the same process. The Supervisor- Samantha T. Kilgore, Director of Communications, ASG. (written… Read more »
By Emily Pualwan We hear so much about the power of social media, and many groups and organizations want to jump in and ride the wave of seemingly free publicity and awareness for their cause. But buyer beware! The internet is full of cautionary tales of campaigns gone rogue. That said, you CAN harness the… Read more »
3 Simple Social Media Strategies to See Real Results in 2014 by Corey Perlman With social media, if you’re not generating new leads or building stronger relationships with existing customers, then it’s just a hobby. And it you’re like me, the last thing you need is a new hobby. This article will offer… Read more »
Hey! I’m Here!! by Emily Pualwan Each month we read more and more statistics to validate what we already seem to know – our audience’s attention span is shrinking, there’s more and more competition to capture eyeballs, and there are an increasing number of channels in which to try and reach them. Some statistics: On… Read more »
From Associations Now Technology Blog Written By Ernie Smith Spillover: Heartbleed’s Big Lessons, One Drop At A Time Read the full post here. Heart beating fast enough yet? Last week’s disclosure of the Heartbleed bug caught a lot of people’s attention, especially in the IT department. There’s a lot we can take from this incident,… Read more »
Doors open, meeting attendees flood in and immediately track down the nearest person in a brightly colored “staff” t-shirt. Lines form at registration, and grow, and grow, and grow. Your staffer at the customer service desk starts to panic. Onsite registration is a beast. In the office, it feels as if you plan and prepare for… Read more »
