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MPI PEC North America in Houston is a good place for me to return to the blog with a presentation on how key MegaTrends affect associations and their events. I presented along with my UK colleague Vanessa Cotton of ExCel in London.
Here is the session overview:
MegaTrends
Global Economy
Demographic Shifts
Science and Technology Advancements
Sustainability
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Was hugely encouraged by a New York Times article indicating that a 33 cents tax on plastic shopping bags in Ireland reduced use by 94% in a few weeks. Not years, but weeks. And Ireland ensured couldn’t just switch to paper, which had other environmental concerns. So next they’re going after chewing gum, ATM receipts and types of light bulbs.
There are many ways associations make a difference, and approaches internally and externally towards reducing paper can encourage members to look at what they’re doing with paper too.
Just considering paper alone:
1. Electronic directory instead of print directory;
2. E-newsletters instead of print newsletters;
3. Online dues billing instead of mailed invoices;
4. Materials sent in advance by PDF - may never be printed;
5. Limit number of handout pages by instructors; have students print what need;
6. Give committees and board of directors information by email, do not print same material for meeting.
My association is going to post convention course material this year, to print in advance, and then sell copies of the printed handouts in notebooks. Hope it avoids a lot of the waste. Like Ireland, it takes leadership to move change forward, and a population willing to accept it. Can members give up more paper?
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If you missed Andy Steggles at last week’s Technology Conference from ASAE & The Center, you’ll have an opportunity to hear him on a Fusion Productions webinar on February 7. Andy will be a participating in a panel discussion about a piece of software specifically designed for associations that wraps social networking, listservs, online collaboration, membership directory and a resource library all into one system. Oh, did I mention it works with all AMSs?
This is really cool software; you will want to check it out. Register for the webinar.
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When you think about energy consumption, you think about jet airplanes or millions of homes on the grid, but do you think about the internet? Gazillions of stored emails,YouTube downloads, and Google searches require acres of servers in data centers,…
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There are many business models that associations are exploring with their podcast and vodcast initiatives. Below is a discussion of the plusses and minuses for each strategy that I have heard of.
Exposure/Recognition/Branding Strategy- In this model, you place all of your podcast or vodcast content entirely free and completely accessible through the iTunes store.
There are […]
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An association blog post suggests music throughout conferences and meetings can lead towards appealing to all of the senses. I find it more appealing to be able to hear than to have musical selections in every room. Plus, with the exception of most Beatles songs and maybe “New York, New York”, how much music really has universal appeal - especially to various generations?
The theory of cranking up the volume before education programs start, or during networking receptions can be unbearable - and makes it difficult to catch up on business calls or have discussions. For dances or with videos, loud music works. For meal functions, light and forgettable background music works. Everywhere else, let us talk.
One commenter said one networking reception had such loud music that attendees standing next to each other were texting.
So no, I don’t believe we need to appeal to every sense at conferences. Although plugging in bread machines in classrooms might be a good sensory experiment?
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I just want to say thank you to everyone who reads Certified Association Executive. I cannot articulate how much I appreciate your attention, and I want to express my gratitude for your readership. You may not realize it, but your through comments and direct feedback, your engagement with this blog is transforming me into the association leader I want to become.
Late last year I went on a quest to attain 100 facebook friends, 200 LinkedIn contacts, and 300 blog subscribers by December 31. I was unable to hit the 300 RSS subscribers mark, but I’m happy to report that I did finally achieve that number this week. Thursday saw 281 subscribers to the main feed and Wednesday’s combo feed count was 21, putting me at 302! It is really amazing to have hit that mark after passing 200 subscribers back in the summer.
Group hug!
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“People form tribes with or without us. The challenge is to work for the tribe and make it something even better,” Seth Godin reminds us this week. And, unlike all those brand managers and creative talents who work to build…
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Believe it or not, TSA now does in fact have its own blog, evolution of security. The TSA blogging team is doing a good job, including asking for readers to submit their own favorite TSA stories, good or bad. Check ‘em out–there were 218 of them last time I was there.
They also say they plan […]
