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The Rise of the Hybrid Meeting
Hybrid conferences, mixing in-person and virtual elements, may be the new normal for 2021 and beyond. They present plenty of logistical challenges, but also new opportunities for creativity and engagement.
Planning Your Face-to-Face Comeback
Associations were quick to convert their conferences to virtual events when COVID-19 halted in-person meetings. Looking ahead, associations and their attendees are eager to get back together face to face. But how?
Quick Tips for In-Person Events
For event planners hoping to transition to a post-pandemic in-person experience, a few tips to help ease the transition.
The New Business Essentials for Meetings
COVID-19 changed pretty much every aspect of meetings, including the business side. As associations make plans for future meetings, it’s more important than ever to get fundamentals like event insurance, contracts, and safety guidelines right.
Membership Reshaped by Crisis
It’s telling that when a pandemic hit, many associations moved immediately to get their members what they needed as fast as possible. This shift to quickly delivering value will be key to maintaining membership through the crisis and in the long run.
New Money: Partnership Refresh
The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses’ revamped sponsorship program paid dividends when the pandemic hit.
Good Counsel: Agents, Principals, and FARA Risk
Why associations can’t ignore the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Board Smarts: Support Structure
Great committees make great boards. Here’s how to build them the right way.
CEO to CEO: Emerging Leadership Skills
What leadership skill emerged in you during the crises of 2020 that you didn’t know you had?
Membership Memo: Get Better D+I Data
Build trust and help members self-identify with better diversity and inclusion data gathering.
Meetings Memo: Virtual Accessibility
Online events must be accessible, too. That’s something the National Federation of the Blind, in particular, knows well.
