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Sector: Associations
MCI Webinar: Membership Growth – Beyond the Numbers
Do your members feel like more than a number? Member retention can be increased using this simple idea – that people are more likely to join, renew, and be your organisation’s advocate if they feel a personal connection and can see a unique path to their success laid out for them. So how do you accomplish…
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19 August 2020
ASAE | Association Orientation Course Collection
Associations play a crucial role in our world today. Professionals interested in a specific topic, industry, or cause can find a way to come together, elevate their knowledge, strengthen their voices, and find community. This online course collection, curated by Lowell Aplebaum, CPF, CAE, CEO and strategy catalyst at Vista Cova, LLC, describes the fundamentals…
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15 July 2020
ASAE | Innovation Online Course Collection
In this comprehensive collection, learners will explore the topic of innovation in associations. You’ll start by understanding the building blocks of innovation, including how to manage it and an overview of human-centered design methodology and innovation capabilities. In addition, delve into a case study of innovation methodology, examine how to evaluate risk and failure, and…
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8 July 2020
ASAE | Membership Online Course Collection
Depending on your association’s business model, membership may be vital to its current and future success. This collection of courses, curated by Curtis Nunley, CAE,director of membership at the American Society of Civil Engineers, is designed for senior professionals primarily responsible for their association’s membership growth and engagement. These courses will help you advance your knowledge…
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1 July 2020
ASAE | Career Management Online Course Collection
Successful career management requires skill and insight in a wide range of professional competencies. This online course collection takes you through a set of learning activities to help you focus on becoming a stronger professional and advancing in your career. Explore how to build on your personal characteristics and determine what is important to you….
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17 June 2020
ASAE | Build Your Project Management Skills Online Course Collection
The projects and programs that your organization offers are at the core of your value proposition. Do you have the skills you need to implement those initiatives successfully? This online course collection will help you unlock your project management capabilities and get the job done more effectively than ever. Online course collections give you the…
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22 April 2020
ASAE | Association Orientation Online Course Collection
Associations play a crucial role in our world today. Professionals interested in a specific topic, industry, or cause can find a way to come together, elevate their knowledge, strengthen their voices, and find community. This online course collection, curated by Lowell Aplebaum, CPF, CAE, CEO and strategy catalyst at Vista Cova, LLC, describes the fundamentals that…
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15 April 2020
ASAE | Leading Your Association Online Course Collection
Explore what you need to know to successfully lead your association. Keep up with the times and develop skills to work through the challenges facing associations today. Learn how to promote and support a successful culture. Online course collections give you the flexibility to work through a curated group of courses on the go, at…
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8 April 2020
ASAE | Essentials of Digital Transformation, Online Learning
Technology is transforming the way business is done. This course collection will help you explore the basics of emerging technologies, so you can see how to implement them for a competitive edge. The following courses, across 4 main categories, are included in this collection: Digital Automation; Digital Transformation Strategy; Disruptive Technologies; Infrastructure and Architecture.
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3 June 2020
ASAE | Managing People Online Course Collection
This ASAE Learning Online Collection, featuring more than a dozen courses, is designed to help managers at any level sharpen their thinking, improve their interaction with staff, build stronger teams, and strengthen their ability to handle performance problems. Engage in discussion with other attendees and subject-matter experts to hear what challenges others are facing and…
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13 May 2020
ASAE | E-Learning Online Course Collection
Are you implementing best practices in your eLearning programs? Or are you still in the early stages of trying to get a more robust program off the ground? No matter what stage you’re at in the process, this online course collection—which will cover tools as well as strategies you should be considering—will arm you with…
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Coronavirus: Iceberg’s James Latham Talks Sector Recovery
In the wake of so many meetings cancelling due to the COVID-19 crisis, and the resultant economic losses, the Founder of The Iceberg James Latham has been discussing how event organisers are reacting, and why the sector could be leading the charge when business does start to return to normal. From Duetto…
Coronavirus: Planning Beyond the Present at Venue ICC Sydney
The Australian Federal Government shut down all non-essential indoor events for over one hundred people on March 18th (then for more than two people on March 29th). Event venues like ICC Sydney no longer are able to deliver events. This is an unprecedented situation, says CEO Geoff Donaghy. From Boardroom…
Coronavirus: Bill Gates’ 2015 TED Talk, and the Legacies Missed
The Iceberg exists to celebrate the legacies of business events. Sadly, sometimes the chance to create social legacies is strikingly missed. It’s a salutary lesson to look back at a TED talk from 2015 given on the subject of pandemic preparedness by philanthropist and Founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates. From Boardroom…
Coronavirus: African Sector Also Suffering Under COVID-19 Crisis
Meetings Africa 2020 already seems so long ago. As the world struggles to tackle COVID-19, not only have major conferences and exhibitions in Asia, Europe and America been cancelled, but Africa is also feeling the crisis. Interviews include Gregg Talley, President and CEO of Iceberg partner Talley Management Group. From the Event…
Virtual Events Guide: Train Staff, Attendees, Speakers and Exhibitors
As more events pivot to virtual, it’s crucial to be giving staff, attendees, speakers and exhibitors the help and training they need to be confident in the space. Here are some pointers to assist all four groups in getting comfortable with new technology and learning to engage effectively within a virtual environment. From Associations Now…
Coronavirus: UK Events Industry Promised an Amplified Voice
The coronavirus crisis is the biggest challenge ever faced by the events industry. Get ready for business as extremely unusual. In an editorial posted before the United Kingdom locked down, one Iceberg partner promised the UK meetings industry “to amplify its voice at every turn”. From Meetings & Incentive Travel…
Coronavirus: Cancelled US Meetings Should be Donating Excess Food
Meeting planners should be working with hospitality partners to donate leftover food from events cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis or for any other reason. The non-profit Food Rescue US works in seventeen of the fifty United States, facilitating the logistics of meetings donating their excess food. From PCMA…
Medical Associations: Demographics Change, So Approaches Change
The associations sector is vast and diverse, but one community dealing with particular challenges is that of the medical associations. Significant demographic changes are changing how healthcare professionals work and meet together. Ben Hainsworth, Managing Director at EASL (home of hepatology) explains what these are. From Boardroom…
31 March 2020
BestCities | BREAKOUT: A VIRTUAL MASTERCLASS
This 90-minute meeting is about what we can do in case of travel and gathering restrictions: online, hybrid or even multi-hub meetings; there are a whole range of possibilities that will be discussed during this meeting. If you are looking for ways to learn more about online, hybrid or multi-hub meetings through online plenary talks…
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