by Melinda Waite | Oct 21, 2021 | Acumen Blog, Meetings & Conferences
The lockdowns in early 2020 forced us online in new ways. Conference calls, Teams meetings, and destination-driven conferences all pivoted from in-person to virtual. Over the last 18 months, we’ve mastered live streaming and gained screen-sharing skills. We discovered...
by Association Acumen | Jul 14, 2021 | Acumen Blog, Meetings & Conferences, Membership
Even though the world is beginning to open back up, there still seems to be an overwhelming cloud of pressure on associations to decide whether to take their events live and in-person, virtual or combine the best of both worlds with a hybrid event. According to the...
by Jennifer Stalsberg | May 13, 2021 | Association Management, Meetings & Conferences
In this evolving digital world, we are competing for our attendees’ attention more than ever. We are not only vying for them to attend our conference over another group’s, but also to keep them engaged, and not tempted to multi-task once they have logged into our...
by Suzanne Fedie, CAE | May 10, 2021 | Acumen Blog, Case Studies, Meetings & Conferences
Background The New York State Society of PAs (NYSSPA) is a 501(c)(6) representing New York Physician Assistants, holds 1 CME Conference annually with 400-500 attendees and has 3,600 members. The Challenge The annual CME Conference is the organization’s second largest...
by Association Acumen | Apr 14, 2021 | Association Management, Meetings & Conferences
The pandemic was not just a minor “disrupter” for the meetings industry, it shook up the entire profession. As a certified meeting professional, I thrive on planning face-to-face events – working with hotel venues, planning menus, mapping out exhibit halls, and...
by Association Acumen | May 13, 2020 | Acumen Blog, Meetings & Conferences
These past few months have not been easy. The phrase “we’re all in the same boat” keeps surfacing, but the reality is that we are not, in fact, in the same boat, rather, we are all in the same storm but in different boats. Some associations are sailing these seas in...