The American Society of Association Executives has changed its name back to ASAE, dropping The Center for Association Leadership from its official moniker. The organization will be known as ASAE, with the tagline, “The Center for Association...
Mollie Stewart, president and CEO, Gulfside Assembly of The United Methodist Church, Waveland, Miss., has been planning meetings for The United Methodist Church for 16 years, but in recent years, her attention has turned more toward rebuilding a...
The worst year for the exhibition industry in recent history—2009—ended with an overall decline of 12.5 percent, representing declines in attendance, number of exhibiting companies, net square footage of exhibit space booked, and revenues...
One of the more interesting options for creating more affordable, sustainable conferences is to alternate a single, big, gathering with regional meetings in the off years...
What will meetings look like in 2020? That’s the big question on the minds of analysts at Fast Future Research, a London-based global research and consulting firm, who are in the midst of a multiphase study called Convention 2020. The results of...
At a time when many associations are seeing participation levels plummet, ADAA’s attendance jumped 43 percent at the association’s 2010 conference in Baltimore
